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Challenge: A Bug's Life: Insects, Bugs, Beetle II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon MF Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI
Location: Yorba Linda, CA
Date: Jul 10, 2011
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Macro, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Jul 10, 2011

 woohoo! broke a 6! Thank you for the nice comments and support. What an incredible field of work in this challenge, so many talented photographers.

I used a TC200 on my old faithful 55mm and then I must confess to a little trickery; I misted this little guy and he would rub the water droplets off with his front legs and down his proboscis "thingy". It was still a bit of magic to catch it at the end before it fell off.

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Canon EOS-60D
Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD with Piezo
07/15/2011 02:28:48 AM
That droplet on the end of it's thingy - what a great punctuation mark for the image! Love it!
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/14/2011 04:54:07 PM
Pretty colors and DOF! A water drop!! Very cool!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 07/14/2011 03:12:55 PM
Neat shot! How unusual to see that drop on it's proboscis.. Looks like it will have a very nice image of the flower behind it at full size.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 07/13/2011 01:00:40 PM
A water drop AND a bug! Nice :-)
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