Day 4: The Great Photography Competition

[sGrossman]

Amazing how many pictures of fruit you can actually take in a couple hours...

[capescafe]

Very cool idea jcwacky! Nice pic.

[WarpNacelle]

Day 4 for me. Was trying for a contrast in textures ... meh, we'll see.

[cajebo]

I saved this little fellow from an Arachnid's web.

I would say an "Insect's" web, but it was not a web of an insect,
but taken rather, from the web of a spider.

Unfortunately, upon closer examination,
much closer examination,
Death had already welcomed this creature
to It's nest.

[cajebo]

Unfortunately, due to the miserable weather, insects were out the question for me, so I decided to raid my kitchen for fruit. The only 3 types I could find were raisins, sultanas and blueberries! I first tried a few different compositions on a plate, but it wasn't really working, so I substituted the plate with my girlfriend's tongue, and after a few floor bound blueberries, finally got a shot I liked!

@jcwacky

Great concept, and sweet follow-through. {{{applause}}}

[rderego]

Grabbed this one in the Butterfly Garden at the Albuquerque Botanical Gardens.

[pixelfuze]

Out for lunch in the park today and this little chap came out to play Took about 150 shots to get this one just right & in focus, worth it I think though.

[capescafe]

Ok well I had another tough time deciding between my photos. It was either this one or a bee I rescued on a leaf from my boys' wading pool. I liked both a lot but this one I really like the glass bowl as the background for my berries. And my son liked this one also.

[capescafe]

@rderego...your butterfly is beautiful! i love it.

[DuncOne]

It's been far too long since I participated in anything here.

So, here is a shot of some carpenter ants that have made a home in an old tree stump in our back yard. Photo taken with a Canon PowerShot A460.

[sbarrat]

This is the 4 shot
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[HAWK]

Ok guys, submissions are now closed for Day 4.

[Arwench]

@ pixelfuze - Wow, love this photo. I love macro shots and this one is great. Focuses on the little guy brilliantly so definitely worth the effort :-)

Some awesome shots all round. As a newbie in photography this is a brilliant way to learn and pick up tips and ideas.

[gryffyn]

well poot - I thought I had til tonight. I managed to lose a day - but since I had such a cooperative little cicada, I'll go ahead and post his pic. Now I'm depressed.

[simonnz]

gryffyn glad you posted that anyhow, it's a very cool shot

[pixelfuze]

Thanks Arwench! I loved the flower too and the contrast seemed perfect

If you're interested, I used my Olympus Pen camera with a 45-200mm lens (100mm was the sweet spot), a +4 macro lens and a monopod to get this shot. I carry my Pen with me everywhere, but the monopod made a special outing this time

[jaagare]

Oops! Missed that line... hope it would have no impact on the result...

You're only allowed to submit one photo per topic/day.