Macro and Flora IOTW 12/11/2009 Vida van der Walt

[Alfred Forns]

Congratulations Vida van der Walt
A little slip

A tiny 2mm x 1mm ant. I noticed these little ants on a fuchsia plant and placed a drop of sugar water on one of the petals to get them to sit still. I used f8 on purpose and sacrificed dof in favour of sharper detail on the eye of the ant. I could have lifted the levels a bit but rather like the mood of the darker image. Still not 100 percent happy but think the translucence of the ant and the red and black reflection (don't know what it is) in the water drop is nice.
Canon 5D Mark11; MP E 65mm; MT 24EX
apertf8; ss1/200; iso100
slight crop, shrp, nr, curves and softening of highlights.

[Barbara Kile]

Incredible macro. I love the colors and marvelous detail. Congratulations!

[Morkel Erasmus]

truly well deserved Vida! congrats...

[Phil Ertel]

Congratulations Vida on Macro and Flora Image of the week! An outstanding image. I love the composition and colors.

[Gus Cobos]

Congratulations Vida...:cool:

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Vida!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Vida,
Congratulations!

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations Vida

[Vida van der Walt]

This is a wonderful surprise. Thank you Barbara, Morkel, Phil, Gus, Axel, Sabyasachi and Harshad. Much appreciated.:)

[Stu Bowie]

Huge congrats Vida, and very well deserved.

[Christopher Miller]

I knew this one was a winner, Vida! :) Big congratulations!!!

[denise ippolito]

Congratulations Vida.

[Vida van der Walt]

Thank you Stu, Christopher and Denise. Much appreciated.:)

[Jerry van Dijk]

Congratulations with an amzazing IOTW, Vida!

[paul leverington]

I totally love the look into the little world we see here. Ants are neverendingly fascinating for me. I love them! Congrats on your win!

Paul

[Roman Kurywczak]

Way cool Vida! Well deserved!

[Vida van der Walt]

Hi Jerry, Paul and Roman. Much appreciated.:)

[Stuart Frohm]

Congratulations!
Bravo!

[Vida van der Walt]

Hi Stuart. Thank you for the feedback and I'm glad you like it.:)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Vida, yet another incredible macro image of yours that I came across. Congratulations! WOW!!!!

[Nate Chappell]

Congrats Vida, wonderful colors!

[Vida van der Walt]

Thanks Akos and Nate.:)

[Kobus Tollig]

O WOW super image Congrats