Macro and Flora IOTW 2/12/10 Vida van der Walt

[Alfred Forns]

Congratulations Vida van der Walt
Fibre optic bum

A tiny nymph of a leafhopper. I've encountered different shapes and colours of these little insects before. This little guy almost glowed and the tail was almost blindingly white. They can jump quite far and are quite skittish. I darkened the whites slightly to recover some of the detail at the beginning of the tail. I also crpd, shrpnd, adjusted levels, reduced the yellows, noise and changed the curve of the leaf in the LLC.
Canon 5D Mark11; MP E 65mm; MT 24EX
apert f16; ss 1/200; iso 200

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool capture! Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

[denise ippolito]

Vida, Congratulations. Well deserved:)

[Fabs Forns]

As usual, your work is mesmerizing. Congratulations.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Amazing shot of this tiny creature. Congratulations Vida.

[Nate Chappell]

Congrats Vida, what a cool insect!:cool:

[Indranil Sircar]

Congratulations Vida. Outstanding image!

[Doug Brown]

Cool little insect! Congrats on IOTW!

[Steve Maxson]

Congrats, Vida! An outstanding image. Well deserved.

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations Vida , You are too good with these small beauties

[Stu Bowie]

Congrats Vida. Well deserved.

[Vida van der Walt]

Thanks guys and gals! Much appreciated.:)