Snacktime
Uploaded: May 29, 2006
Macro of a horsefly sitting on Silvia's hand.
Those beasts love my blood *grrrr*..probably *she* was sitting there to take a look on her next snack (->me!)
Cropped and resized with PSE4.
1/800s - f/8 - iso 200 at 6 mm - handheld.
(cat. D&M 290506)
POTD on Photoshowdown 29.11.2006/1st place winner cat. Macro
William Moore May 29, 2006
terrific shot...i've been bitten my one of those beasts and BOY do they hurt..... #454578Sylvia Rossler May 29, 2006
Yes they do!!! Thank you William :O) #2828336William C. Raco May 29, 2006
Wow, excellent close up detailBill #2828346
Hendrik Storme May 29, 2006
Excellent macro! Well done Sylvia! #2828481Pamela Shane May 29, 2006
Horsefly bites sure do hurt! Super detail in this macro Sylvia!! :) #2828502Karen Engelbreth May 29, 2006
Great macro shot, Sylvia :0) #2828552Sylvia Rossler May 29, 2006
Thank you Bill, Hendrik, Pam and Karen :o) #2828603Gunther Allen May 29, 2006
Great Macro! Thanks for the comment on my bird photo. You have a very impressive gallery. Great work! -G #2828735Silvia Nunes May 29, 2006
Jolie macro Silvia ...mais tu sais bien, si ons est ensemble c'est toi que les bestioles preferes ;) #2828766Shelly A. Van Camp May 29, 2006
Great macro...but I hate those pesky critters!! lol #2828819Ronald F. Fischer May 29, 2006
Wonderful macro!! #2829046Melissa G. Meiselman May 29, 2006
Amazing macro with incredible detail!!!!! #2829124ALLEN O. HOWARD May 29, 2006
HOLY MACRO! #2830042Jenny Bosmans May 30, 2006
Fantastic macro shot, Sylvia!! Heureusement que je n'étais pas avec vous...ils m'aiment bien aussi!! :) #2830753Susie Peek-Swint May 30, 2006
Great macro Sylvia ~ hope this little fellow didn't get you!! #2830876Terry L. Ellis May 30, 2006
Amazing details, Sylvia! Terrific capture. #2832958Sylvia Rossler May 30, 2006
Thank you Gunther, Silvia, Shelly (me too..they were attacking me all the time)Ronald, Melissa, Allen, Jenny, Susie and Terry :O) #2833236Emile Abbott May 31, 2006
Supurb Macro and full of detail, Sylvia. #2835721Bridgette B May 31, 2006
Awesome macro!!!!! #2836982Sylvia Rossler May 31, 2006
Thank you Emile and Bridgette :O) #2838669Laurence Saliba June 01, 2006
Thats one big fly!!! :) Great macro Sylvia!!! #2841489Sylvia Rossler June 01, 2006
Thank you Laurence :O) #2841922Bobbie Davis June 02, 2006
WOW! I missed this one Sylvia! Awesome macro! #2843577Sylvia Rossler June 03, 2006
Thank you Bobbie :O) #2848765Dominique Declerck June 04, 2006
.. son regard est ausi terrifiant que celui de mon vautour.. ;o)Excellente macro, Sylvia!! #2849926
Sylvia Rossler June 04, 2006
Merci Dominique :O) #2852634Noel Baebler June 05, 2006
Check out the shades on this cat! Is the guy cool, or what?! #2856033Sylvia Rossler June 07, 2006
Noel, I think I have reached my limit in understanding english because I don't understand the meaning of your words :O) I didn't picture a cat here ?!? #2862595Noel Baebler June 07, 2006
Hi Sylvia,"cool cat" is an American slang term for a person considered suave and sophisticated; up-to-date and in fashion; stylish, excellent; or rad (radical). It has it's origins in the 1920s and has adapted to changing times.
I used it because the insect appeared to be wearing sunglasses, like a "cool cat" jazz musician or jazz devotee of the 1950s.
Noel :0) #2863778
Sylvia Rossler June 07, 2006
Loll...I thought it was something like that but I'm really newbie in slang expressions :O)Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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