stepping lightly
by roz

Comment by SandyP:
What an amazing technique for a macro. It̢۪s beautiful!

sunlight on a foggy morning
by roz

Comment by cools98:
Definitely my favorite of this challenge. I love how the light shines right through the tree tops to illuminate the grass and flowers below. Nice work!

stepping lightly
by roz

Comment by jomari:
Fabulous! 10

basking in the morning light
by roz

Comment by LevT:
Congrats Roz! Light is gorgeous indeed!

basking in the morning light
by roz

Comment by Cyrilda:
Beautiful photography. Congratulations!

basking in the morning light
by roz

Comment by Barroness:
CONGRATULATIONS!
You sure do know how to take amazing images.
Beautiful

basking in the morning light
by roz

Comment by IreneM:
Well done, Roz! That gorgeous little chap hanging in there. Your work is amazing ((Hugs))

basking in the morning light
by roz

Comment by Neat:
Well done on another ripper shot.

basking in the morning light
by roz

Comment by roz:

Originally posted by kasaba: Beautiful Roz, Congratulations. I have not been on DPC for a while (I always get fed up when I enter challenges and one after the other just bomb :-)). I think the red matches perfectly - it goes with the subject :-). Love the BG, was that more or less how it came out of camera?

thanks Gaby .. and yes it can be disheartening to enter challenges and they bomb out .. you most definitely didnt this day .. !! .. your Bee Eater is stunning and such beautiful colours ..

not out of the camera .. !! .. but that is quite a compliment .. as these days i like to create something that is different from the reality but maintains a real feel .. if you get the idea ..
but i've just uploaded the seven photos i used in this image plus my editing steps to the sc .. the grasshopper focus stacked to get all of him in focus .. uncropped .. then added several photos that i'd taken of bokeh .. and then the spider's web .. :)

basking in the morning light
by roz

Comment by kasaba:
Beautiful Roz, Congratulations. I have not been on DPC for a while (I always get fed up when I enter challenges and one after the other just bomb :-)). I think the red matches perfectly - it goes with the subject :-). Love the BG, was that more or less how it came out of camera?