Love is in the Flower

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Stink Bugs, I think.....Cambalache State Forest, Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Canon 30D, Canon 180mm macro w/ext tube, Canon 580X flash w/diffuser, handheld. ISO 200, f/11 @ 1/250 sec.

[Julie Kenward]

Alfredo, you're so close I feel like I'm intruding! ;)

Very nice image...I think the bug on the right is a little less sharp in the eye area as the one on the left but just by a tiny bit. You might selectively sharpen him a hair.

Everything else is lovely - nice OOF background and good DOF. I've noticed you tend to go for 'level' images - where the stem of the plant is either straight up vertically or straight across the image horizontally so I'm going to challenge you to shake things up a bit and move that camera around...get the plant going diagonally or off center in some way. Continue to make the image you normally make but then experiment a bit - move that camera around and see what craziness you can find amongst those stinkly little bugs! Are you up to the challenge??? :D

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Thanks Julie. I will try.