Experiments with macro...ANYTHING GOES

Challenge #14 in the Eclectic series. Hosted by Ro13.

Challenge has finished

Making up for the last macro challenge that ended up disqualifying so many beautiful shots...because of differences in philosophical thought LOL. So this time...anything goes....just macro though!

Show full rules

submission
phase has

ended

363 entries

voting
phase has

ended

12553 votes

Slideshow 6 / 399 Full size Next Challenge Previous

Nowhere to go

by SteB

6^th place

3.211

low

high

A 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) runs out of leaf trying to escape from from camera

Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
Lens:	Canon MP-E 65mm
Submitted:	Wednesday, 28th April, 2010 01:18 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 24th April, 2010
Focal length:	65 mm
Shutter speed:	-84215/21053749 sec
Aperture:	F11
ISO:	100
Notes:	Handheld with the Canon MT24EX macro twin flash, with my own concave diffusers and vellum paper light tent. A slight crop, but otherwise straight processing in LR2, Neat Image and PSE 7 i.e. noise reduction, sharpening, levels and resizing.
Views:	294

Provide complaint details

Your complaint (along with the complaints of others regarding this entry) will be reviewed by the challenge owner. Depending upon the nature and applicability of the complaint, the entry may be disqualified. In extreme circumstances the user who submitted the entry may receive a ban from the challenge or series in question.

Reason:

	Violates rules of the challenge
	Spam / Commercial
	Trolling / Abusive
	Sexual content / Not family friendly
	Other

Comments:

Saving ...

Complain

Entry comments

Shortcut keys:

p previous

n next

c challenge

f full size

r retract vote

1-0 vote

Editorial content

Product database

Community

Finishing today
Men who eat quiches	13/ entries
My Camera Bag! (Capture Date Rule)	15/ entries
1 day left
Catalog filler: Summer picnic	1/100 entry
Wndy	62/70 entries
2 days left
- National Parks I- (Full Colours Only + Border, Title, Date)	44/55 entries
Australia 1 : Nature	22/35 entries
Rainbow in the Sky	45/100 entries
3 days left
View from the top - Forests	8/60 entries
Hugs, hugs and HUGS	21/ entries
National Food	22/100 entries
Art made from old electronics	1/100 entry
Wooden Statues of deities	15/100 entries
Chasing	25/50 entries
4 days left
Beetles	26/100 entries
Wind Turbines	37/100 entries
Everyday Life: MACRO	66/100 entries
5 days left
Texas	6/50 entries
Lucky Shot	53/100 entries
6 days left
Strength in Weakness	3/100 entries
Kid's Birthday Parties	0/50 entries
Safe and Sound	0/50 entries
-The Roadside Fruit Seller- (Full Colours Only with Border and Title)	0/50 entries
Full challenges
Colorful: Red and Yellow	75/75 entries

Finishing today
English Springer Spaniel... (Capture date rule)	16 votes, 1 entry
White trash	152 votes, 14 entries
1 day left
Plastic Fantastic	870 votes, 70 entries
Magazine editorial: A test of faith	395 votes, 61 entries
Blenders	67 votes, 10 entries
Texture: Detail	1217 votes, 70 entries
Underwater	418 votes, 40 entries
2 days left
- The River - (Full Colours Only + Border, Title, Date)	397 votes, 67 entries
Singapore	592 votes, 30 entries
Mushrooms in Nature	1530 votes, 100 entries
3 days left
The World of Sweets	565 votes, 79 entries
Simulated flight	23 votes, 4 entries
Patterns in wood	1326 votes, 100 entries
Corkscrews	183 votes, 22 entries
Old telephones	200 votes, 29 entries
Children with mirrors	42 votes, 10 entries
Natural Light	645 votes, 60 entries
4 days left
Circles in Nature	607 votes, 99 entries
Flowered Balconies	281 votes, 38 entries
Everyday Life: Morning routine (Capture Date Rule)	57 votes, 11 entries
5 days left
Multiple Modes of Transport	225 votes, 48 entries
At the zoo	129 votes, 50 entries
Bubbly !	334 votes, 50 entries
6 days left
-All Dressed Up~Couples in a Photo Shoot- (Full Colours Only with Border)	15 votes, 16 entries
Power of Play	40 votes, 41 entries
Music people	79 votes, 100 entries
New Life - Spring Flowers	0 votes, 50 entries