In Living Color
by cns

Comment:
Beautiful details on the butterfly! I absolutely love the bold & vibrant orange hue of the spread wings of the butterfly and the flowers it rests on. The colors really leap off the page. Great composition to wait or capture the butterfly with it's wings spread open for that is generally where all those lovely bold hues are.

Ready For Flight
by philup

Comment:
Very nice details in this close-up of this ladybug - love how you can see some fine detail on this insect such as the tiny 'face'. Congrats on catching it crawling on the greenery - these little creatures can move surprisingly fast when one is still trying to focus:-) Lighting is wonderful for the subject and it's environment are illuminated very well.

Baby Aphid
by Pug-H

Comment:
There are some very great details in this extreme close-up of this aphid's world - right down to the tiny legs and the eye on this creature. This photo really brings us an up close and personal view of this tiny creature that we would normally not see. Lighting is wonderful for the subject and it's environment are illuminated very well. Hmmmm, while a greater DOF would capture all the details of the foreground and background of the flower I wonder if that level of detail would greatly 'hide' the aphid from view - it certainly may make it harder to notice. Here the lack of detail in the front and back of the flower makes the eye travel to where there is a greater level of detail and thus we spot the aphid more readily. But if anytime in the future you do wish to get a greater DOF where both the background and foreground are in sharp focus and get lots of detail all you need is a tripod, a higher aperature setting (F8 or higher), and slower shutter speed (and hopefully the bug will not move when one is doing this;-) ).

Don't Let Go!
by jbsmithana

Comment:
Oh wow! First off, wonderfully captured details in the bee! And the colors in the photograph are wonderfully vibrant. Great capture in the action - this little bee really does appear to be 'holding' on for dear life forgetting that it has wings and can simply just fly off. Love that little gleam in the eye for it projects the 'spark' of life in the insect.

Before the battle
by kevip6

Comment:
Love the frozen moment in time where it looks like the spider and ladybug will do battle for survival. Tis a shame that the spider was not posed above the leaf where the viewer would be able to view the full detail of the spider while the ladybug is under the leaf - sort of a hide-and-seek shot. But one has to take the opportunity when one can and take the photo. There are some nice details in the close-up of the ladybug. I love how you can see the 'face' of the ladybug in full detail as well as those long reaching legs of the spider that menace the resting ladybug. The lighting is simply wonderful for the subject and it's environment are illuminated perfectly. Some portions of the body of the ladybug and spider are not as in sharp focus as others but that is too be expected when doing a macro/extreme close-up -especially if there is action going on. If anytime in the future you do wish to get a greater DOF where both the background and foreground are in sharp focus and get lots of detail all you need is a tripod, a higher aperature setting (F8 or higher), and slower shutter speed.

Lady at work
by marbo

Comment:
There are some wonderful details in this close-up of this ladybug. I love how you can see all the details on this insect from it's tiny legs hanging onto the flower to the black spots on it's shell. My congrats on freezing the action with so much lovely detail on the ladybug - It is surprising how fast these little creatures can move when one is still trying to focus:-) The lighting is wonderful for the subject and it's environment are illuminated perfectly.

Ladybug in the green
by ZILA

Comment:
Nice details in this close-up of this ladybug - love how you can see all the details on this insect from it's tiny legs to the spots on it's shell. This photo really gives us an up close and personal view of this ladybug. Congrats on catching it crawling on the greenery - this little creatures can move really fast when one is still trying to focus:-) Lighting is wonderful for the subject and it's environment are illuminated very well.

Uphill Struggle
by splidge

Comment:
Love all the level of details in this extreme close-up of this ant - right down to the tiny hairs on it's legs and body. This really gives us an up close and personal view of this tiny creature. Lighting is wonderful for the subject and it's environment are illuminated very well.

Social Butterflies
by cajay

Comment:
What is absolutely stunning about this shot is the level of detail and gorgeous coloring on that green butterfly in the forefront! It looks like it has little sparkling jewels on it's wings. Love the colors and lighting on this one - and the title goes very well with the action in the photograph too:-) The other two butterflies in the background are not as in sharp focus as the one on the foreground but that is too be expected when doing a macro/extreme close-up. If anytime in the future you do wish to get a greater DOF where both the background and foreground are in sharp focus and get lots of detail all you need is a tripod, a higher aperature setting (F8 or higher), and slower shutter speed.

Garden Spot
by idnic

Comment:
Fabulous amount of fine detail can be seen in this photograph - right down to the legs of the ladybugs. Lighting is fabulous everything is illuminated perfectly. The color tones of the red and green and bold and vibrant. A very eye-catching photo.