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Julie Kenward
07-04-2009, 03:32 PM
There's a 100 ft. long retaining wall full of daylilies just down the street from my house so I went there yesterday for the two whole hours that it wasn't raining and snapped up some images. This was one of my favorites - an ant on his way up the side of a daylily petal.

Canon 40D, EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens with extension tube(s) - probably the 20mm
f4 @ 1/400th, ISO 200
Manual mode, pattern metering, natural light
Processed in ACR & CS4; small crop off the bottom.

Thomas Herou
07-04-2009, 04:06 PM
Very nice composition and light.Maybe I would prefer the ant a tiny bit sharper.

Julie Kenward
07-04-2009, 04:15 PM
Darn it, Thomas! I remembered to darken him up a bit but forgot to selectively sharpen him! I'll go back and do that. Thanks!!!

denise ippolito
07-04-2009, 04:34 PM
Julie, Very beautiful!! I love the composition and the colors! Well done. Which brand of extension tubes did you get?

Bruce Enns
07-04-2009, 09:38 PM
Very nice comp, light and colours, Jules...another vote for a sharper ant!

Cheers!
Bruce

Katherine Enns
07-05-2009, 01:35 AM
I just love this image. Its wonderful!

Harold Davis
07-05-2009, 10:53 AM
nice comp and colors, jules.....glad you go a chance to do some work with no rain.

Julie Kenward
07-05-2009, 04:09 PM
Denise, I bought the Kenko set with the 12mm, 20mm, & 36mm. I use them separately and together in all different combos so I never can remember which I had on for which image! I wish it showed up in the exif data...

denise ippolito
07-05-2009, 04:10 PM
Thanks, Julie!!

Fabs Forns
07-05-2009, 08:09 PM
Very beautiful, Jules. If this were mine, I'd crop some off the left or right for a stronger composition. Taking the curve off the center.

Ákos Lumnitzer
07-05-2009, 11:07 PM
Fabs has a great point about off-centering the curve. Otherwise I love it. Congrats and thanks for sharing. I especially like the little ant for the nice balance. :)

Anita Bower
07-06-2009, 05:32 AM
Gorgeous shapes and flow, and colors! The ant makes it.