taken out side at the beach while we had bright sunlight just before the clouds came in.......wasn't planning on submiting to this 1 but it (in my view) it fits the challenge so well.
in PS i-
brightened a stop or to with raw magic
croped
some slective color adjustments to the red and green channels
resized to 640 wide
-done
thanx for the comments views and votes.......
btw shot with my 50mm macro
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Very cute little fella and a nice shot too. Crop is a tad too tight at the bottom and I wonder if you should have cropped it along the straight edge of the reed and rotated slightly to horizontal. Cute.
good photo, the ladybug seems a bit out of focus though. nex ttime, id try to place a diffuser overhead, it would get rid of that distracting blown highlight on the back.
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