Macro and Flora IOTW 1/08/10 Vida van der Walt

[Alfred Forns]

Congratulations Vida van der Walt
Portrait of a Mosquito

A Bush Mosquito from my garden. They bite during the day and are the reason I have to cover myself in insect repellent. They do not transmit Malaria. They normally sit on the underside of leaves and I was lucky to eventually find one sitting in the open on the hedge of Duranta. This is a female ( the males have big feathery antennae) and I think she followed me around after this shot as I was bitten not long after.
Canon 5D Mark11; MP E 65mm & MT 24EX
apert f16; ss1/200; iso 200
Slight crop, shrpn, nr, levels.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Vida!

[Kerry Perkins]

Outstanding! Congrats!!

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations, Vida

[Stu Bowie]

Big congrats Vida.

[Nick Palmieri]

Congrats Vida!

[Nate Chappell]

Congrats Vida!:cool:

[Indranil Sircar]

Congratulations Vida. Excellent composition.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Vida strikes again. well deserved!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Congratulations Vida!

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Vida van der Walt]

Axel, Kerry, Harshad, Stu, Nick, Nate, Indranil, Morkel and Sabyasachi, thank you all very much.:)

[Allen Sparks]

Congratulations Vida...this is a wonderful image!

[Vida van der Walt]

Thank you Allen. Much appreciated.:)