Somehow I've made it this long at DPC without ever entering a bug-on-flower shot. I entered a butterfly on a leaf once so that's pretty close I suppose.
Picked this beauty while on a walk as I was planning to take a flower shot for the challenge (don't tell my neighbor - she has more than she can use anyway! : ). To my later delight I found this tiny little guy (not even an inch) resting on one of it's petals. I am pleased to anounce that no inchworms were harmed during this shoot. Severely traumatized perhaps but....
This would be another of my "I-wish-I-had-a-macro-lens" shots. Someday I will see fit to spend money so frivolously.
Shot in RAW - RAW conversions. Photoshop - levels, curves, neat image, USM, dodge/burn, magic glasses action, blur, selective color, hue/sat, crop, border, save for webb.
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As you are walking about the house keep mutterin to yourself " mustn't boast . . mustn't boast . . must be sympathetic to hubby . . didn't really finish 15 pages higher than him . . . " :- )
Lovely colours . .
ps you ought to buy a macro lens . . my shot was taken with my new macro lens . .
8 - Beautiful image - love your focal points. Can't help but wonder if a variation in cropping/framing may have given this even more - like to have seen the focal areas more centered or just 'further' in the frame, if that makes sense.
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