Above the Rest
by George

Comment by bmartuch:
flying through the air with the greatest of ease.

Above the Rest
by George

Comment by armando_m:
Yoda worm
great catch !

Hmph.
by George

Comment by Kroburg:
Lovely!

Hmph.
by George

Comment by LoVi:
Beautiful cat portrait. Nice colors and crop. Is the out of focus front paw enough to be considered bokeh? I miss my cat. This one looks like I could tolerate having another one. Just HATE cleaning the boxes....

Hmph.
by George

Comment by SuzanaSuzana:
Lovely!

Hmph.
by George

Comment by damjanev:
Beautiful subject and correct exposure, but the bokeh in the foreground doesn't scream "effective" to me.

Dan The Lion
by George

Comment by Tiberius:
Felicitari! Congrats

Dan The Lion
by George

Comment by George:
Thank you to all the voters and commenters! I don't have a lot of experience with macro photography, so you know I'm overjoyed with how well it did, and with such praise from IreneM. This was one of maybe 20-30 shots of just this bee (itself one of many that I chased around), and really the only one that was in focus and had an acceptable amount of motion blur (there is some visible at 100%). The composition was mostly achieved through cropping, since I had little time to compose while shooting.

Message edited by author 2014-01-31 00:07:08.

Dan The Lion
by George

Comment by IreneM:
This HAD to do well, it's so darn good. Many congrats on the ribbon, George. Ah.. Just noticed it's your first ribbon and new PB. Congrats again.

Dan The Lion
by George

Comment by Neil:
Beautiful, sharp macro. Congratulations George!!!!!