Kingdom of the Ladybugs
by EGoobie

Comment by Mark Richards:
I think a crop of the background at the top would have done made this a much nicer photo.

Kingdom of the Ladybugs
by EGoobie

Comment by Sting11165:
It is tough to see the bugs (I'm sure a lot of that is minimal editing restrictions).

Kingdom of the Ladybugs
by EGoobie

Comment by KarenNfld:
I really wish the ladybugs were brighter so they stood out more against the castle. It's a cute setup although I am not fond of the background. A blurred background might be better, you could achieve that with a shallower DOF.

Kingdom of the Ladybugs
by EGoobie

Comment by rossglenda:
Very cute idea! Love the castle. Bugs are a little difficult to see.

Kingdom of the Ladybugs
by EGoobie

Comment by WickedB:
You might be able to see the ladybugs better if there was more light. Maybe even just a lamp or flashlight would have help...

Food of the Gods
by EGoobie

Comment by riversong:
Lovely!

Food of the Gods
by EGoobie

Comment by Omni:
wow - I love this picture looks like Noah̢۪s Arch for fruits

Food of the Gods
by EGoobie

Comment by PurpleFire:
You definately achieve what I think you set out to do. I like the shafts of light that fall onto the fruit.

I think that a different colour material (deep, dark red) would have worked better for placing the basket on - I reckon it would add more devine (or even Roman?) feel to it.

Also, there is a quite a lot of noise in the background. A change to the foreground colour would have allowed you to push the black background deep to the black.

Nice shot (5)

Daydreamer
by EGoobie

Comment by Jason_Cross:
Good for you! What a wonderful prize, a 6!

Daydreamer
by EGoobie

Comment by dreamy:
Congratulations fot this nice picture and personal best