taming
by roz

Comment by willem:
Technically great, but I suggest to rotate the image approx. 70 degrees clockwise.

basking in the morning light
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Comment by willem:
Lovely warm colours. Great focus on the grasshopper. Lovely lines running through the image. No doubt a winner again.

Sugar Ants collecting nectar.
by roz

Comment by Dennisheckman:
Excellent macro. This should do well. Commenting only.

Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp with Dewdrops.
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Comment by GolferDDS:
Another amazing capture Roz. Besides the beautiful and unique insect, the dew drops set this picture apart from other insect macros. To show the wasp and the dew drops in focus at the same time requires great creativity and skill. It must be fun searching for these little critters!

Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp with Dewdrops.
by roz

Comment by roz:

Originally posted by tanguera: How do you find your bugs? Are there places in your garden they hang out, or....?

hey Johanna .. there's an area of grass i don't mow which grows quite lush if the kangaroos don't eat it ..
the last two or three years there was no grass because of the drought but this summer we've had heaps of rain .. so it's really taken off ..
but I also photographer them on fences and trees, flowers, brick walls and bushes as well .. wherever I can find them really .. :)

Message edited by author 2021-02-10 05:28:24.

Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp with Dewdrops.
by roz

Comment by tanguera:
How do you find your bugs? Are there places in your garden they hang out, or....?

Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp with Dewdrops.
by roz

Comment by tanguera:
You are SO good at these.

all the colours of the rainbow
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Comment by markwiley:
Wow. Nice outtake. The other may check all boxes technically, but this one is quite stunning. Nicely done.

Sugar Ants collecting nectar.
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Comment by Lydia:
Is that you, Roz? I gave these hard workers a 7 (earlier). I love the colors but, I really miss seeing that upper guy's head.

Great DOF and sharpness!

all the colours of the rainbow
by roz

Comment by streetpigeon:
Incredible spectral banding. Enchanting, mesmerizing, surprising. By technically inferior I suppose you mean the slightly out of focus head on the spider. That's all that I can discern. I gave your entry a 6, which is quite lower than I usually give your remarkable insect images. My feeling was that the positioning of the wasp is somewhat cumbersome, hard to get a solid feel for the insect as a whole. Just a personal impression. I would have given the spider image a 9.7, which rounds up nicely. And put it into my favorites, which I'm going to do anyway from here, a first for an outtake.
Your macro images continue to delight me. Your determined efforts and creativity are appreciated.