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Spring is here!

by Clive_S

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted March 28, 20071,759 views9 comments
A patch of grape hyacinth in our garden is attracting all sorts of insects at the moment. This little guy was moving all over the place but I liked this position best.

Thank goodness the macro season has started!

D70 180mm Macro lens, f8 1/320th ISO 200. Multiple reflectors, natural light.

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on March 28, 2007 at 9:00 AM
Cool!
Registered on February 21, 2005, 430 Posts, 5959 Comments
Comment posted by Troy Gizzi on March 28, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Great perch for this ladybug. Nicely composed.
Registered on January 8, 2007, 53 Posts, 617 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Moats on March 28, 2007 at 8:38 PM
Hey Clive, very nice image, great details and color combination of the flower, bug, and BG. :toast:
Registered on October 20, 2004, 892 Posts, 6324 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Borzynski on March 29, 2007 at 9:06 AM
Yeh. yeh, yeh... Rub it in. Posting a nice image like this, while I am stuck here in central Ohio with only the smallest number of flowers to shoot :biggrin:

Nice image. The three dominant colors work well together, and the ladybug's red is really a nice touch.

Thanks for posting (although I'll be more sincere about that once Spring really gets under way here!)
Registered on November 1, 2003, 109 Posts, 799 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Tomalty on March 29, 2007 at 9:13 PM
Great shot Clive. Nice Timing as well as all the tech stuff. :toast:
RickT
Registered on October 11, 2006, 212 Posts, 1610 Comments
Comment posted by Guy Rogers on March 30, 2007 at 8:47 AM
Hello Clive nice image and nice contrast of colours. Its also clean and simple just how I like them. :wavey:
Registered on January 16, 2007, 450 Posts, 995 Comments
Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on April 1, 2007 at 9:10 PM
Hi Clive,

Great shot!!! The array of colors in this shot is what really makes this image stand out. Very nice. I don't normally start shooting closeups until around May. There are a few bugs starting to show up but too busy shooting birds and swampscapes. But I am anxiously awaiting macro season.

Ronnie
Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments
Comment posted by Robert Scholl on April 2, 2007 at 10:04 AM
Nice, clean, vibrant and well composed. :toast:
Registered on December 7, 2003, 43 Posts, 132 Comments
Comment posted by Carol Hyman on April 5, 2007 at 12:22 AM
Beautiful colors, Clive,

If I had a wish, it would be that there would be a little more space on left of the wonderful flower and the ladybug.

My two-cents.

Carol
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Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments