Assignment: Macro Bug on purple

[Alfred Forns]

From Fairchild Gardens in Miami a cricket with a neat bg All natural form capture and no PS trickery Very much out of camera.

Comments welcome and much appreciated

Canon 1Ds Mk2
Canon 180 macro
f 5.0 1/50 sec
Av 0
ISO 400
Tripod

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent all the way around...the splash of color is off the chart...your little guy is razor sharp...love that shadow...and the diagonal perch...congrats Mr. Forns...:cool:

[Ron Boisvert]

Hi Alfred, that BG and the shadow on the leaf looks like it has a spotlight on it - it has a nightclub atmosphere!! I love the colors you've captured - they are gorgeous!!! Very nice!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi AL - love those colours and your little guy is tack sharp - love the shadow as well - Way Cool :)

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Amazing colors, good DOF sharp where needed to be, and the shadow add a lot to the image. Look like this little guy is creeping out from behind the leaf.

[Gail Spitler]

This is one terrific image for all the reasons mentioned. Personally it's the cricket's classy dress plus the shadow.
Cheers
Gail

[Bob Miller]

Great image! Colors all work nicely together! Wish the antennae were sharp as well ,but thats probably asking too much! Nice work!

[Harold Davis]

is that the Joker from Batman!!!? this looks theatrical. it's gonna start singing show tunes any minute now!!!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Beautiful colours, have no idea where the other shadow is coming from. Up above???

[Harold Davis]

jackie, i think that is a silhouette. pretty cool!!

[Richard Waas]

Amazing image Al, way to go.... The color's put it over the top for me!! Congrats.