Thats almost exactly out of camera. Cloned out a little dirt.
It was a battle between this and "SweatBee," but this won out as I assumed many people would say the sweatbee was not a macro. Oh well. I loved the copper against the blue. Not close enough to go against some of the big macro guns around here, but I like it. :)
Hope you like. Don't expect more than a 5.5 with this one.
Crop, clone, brightness/contrast, levels, save for web.
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Wow, I never saw a lightening bug up close before. Fascinating. The blues of the flowers are a fabulous, contrasting backdrop. The bug is positioned very artistically in the frame. VERY nice capture. 9
Blue and yellow - makes a nice contrast. His shadow on the petal is a nice effect. I'd crop out alot of the area on the right, but still leave him off center.