Lunch time
by tomlewis1980

Comment:
I am afraid I'll have nightmares about this little guy. Good capture, focus, DOF, color, ... Hope it does well.

Peacock Feather
by mandyp

Comment:
This is interesting. The quality of the capture is so good it reveals something of the structure of the feather I never realized before. Thanks. Hope it does well.

Poison Oak
by postoakinversion

Comment:
Nice subject well captured. For my taste, a bit too much background and a bit too little subject. White on the left is blown out. if you backed off on brightness a bit, would you still have had texture in the background on the left?

Old Feather Quill
by drydoc

Comment:
The strongest element of this for me is the brilliant use of negative space. Everything else is technically superb. Hope it does well.

Garden delight
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Absolutely beautiful capture. Among the best of the bugs.

Simple Leaf, Not Simple Shot
by markmyshots

Comment:
I am sure this was not simple to shoot or post process. Superb in evry way but the crop which feels a bit to centered for my eye. Still nicely done.

Nautilus
by flip89

Comment:
Brilliant photo. This feels like a ribbon to me. I can find much to praise and nothing but nit picky minor things to nag about. It's such a beautiful image, I'll resist the temptation and only wish you well in the scoring.

Park Bench in Shade
by Nelzie

Comment:
Great image. Nice balance. Focus and colors are spot on. Nicely done without bugs or flowers.

life and death... like pedals.... carried away on a gentle breeze
by camelotnorth

Comment:
Nice image that convey deep emotions. I like the colors and contrast. Nice use of negative space. However the image is a bit noisy and doesn't feel like a macro shot to me. If you cropped it to include the bottom 60% of the image, and used something like Neat Image to reduce the noise, I think it might be better and still convey the emotion.

Big Eye for the Hoverfly Guy
by yuki

Comment:
Yet another (great) bug shot. Well captured, focused, exposed, ... I might have cloned out the dark spot above the wing which detracts a bit.