This is a normal mosquito (probably 'Culex Territans') as seen through my macro lens. It's not nearly a 1:1 crop; on 1:1 you can even see the facets of his (or her?) eyes!
I was waiting for a friend of mine to check her email, when I spotted this mosquito sitting on the wall.
Used a single (remotely triggered) SB-600 flash as light source, and F32 (for maximum DOF). Only afterwards did I decide that the DOF is still shallow enough for a submission in this challenge!
Processing: Slight gamma, rotate (the wall was vertical), contrast, crop, resize, sharpen, added frame.
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Holy under-rated photo batman! Perhaps the voters were looking for more obvious depth of field (although I would consider ANY macro shallow DOF). Still, congratulations on a fantastic photo with great lighting, composition, and sharpness. Hope to see more of these in the future.
I could be wrong here but because it's a shallow DOF I would guess that only portions of this little critter should be in focus. Even though it's macro about 40% of this frame is in focus. Just my thoughts. Hope it helps.
Great macro and impressive how much of the bloodsucker is sharp! Not sure I want to know what this background actually is, but at least you didn't give us a 'sucker on someone's skin' shot. The high contrast with the background makes this particularly striking.
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