DNSJR

thank you Tom

thanks Mark for the comment generally, the background is lit to a certain degree, here is some info - https://feltmagnet.com/photography/How-to-Take-Pictures-of-Flowers-with-a-Black-Background

nicely done Vidau

thanks for looking

very creepy, gives me the chills, well done Vidau

well done Mike

looks like an old Beech, with plenty of years ahead, nicely done; and thanks Tom for keeping it going

thanks for looking

thank you

Thank you

thanks for looking

great series Jerry, #3 looks like a painting, what type of flower

great color, excellent detail

excellent series, especially the hornet

thank you Vidau

thank you, yes it is a little different

Nick, thanks, appreciate the comments; in the first used the vignette to bring attention/focus to the light coming through the Monarch's wings, as I said in the other post, probably too much the ...

Thanks Nick, for the 3rd picture, I used Topaz for PP, still feeling my way around the program Yes, I kinda like vignettes in certain situations, may be too much No flash, most of my pictures are ...

Tom, thank you for the comment