Beautifull!!
Great work, I like it really a lot! u've got a high voting for me!

hey i realy like this kjh000. i just wish i knew how to take photos like it were the object is lite up but the background id black

Agree with PuMa, and the colors are gorgeous!

Nicely done KJ :)

Very beautiful shot,agree with the other comments.

Thank you all, so much! :)

Jon, if you shoot digitally all you need is patience and to stop using default settings. Shoot with as low field of depht as possible to make the shutter speed as fast as possible. That lowers the range of the light the camera pick up. (I'm not a "photographer" so I might use the wrong terms...)

If the light is weak like it was on this leaf and the background in the shade of the forest, then you get excactly this kind of shot. It's not hard but it takes patience to learn your camera settings and even more patience to find usable subjects.

It's quite often a question of just moving an inch to make a picture stand out instead of just being ok. (I know this very well since over 90% of what I shoot are just barely viewable... ^_^)

lol....wicked...ur tips to Jon are firmly recorded in my memory(i hope) coz i like that kinda shot & i havent been able to achieve them.....but i hand it over you as a fine macro artist...: )

Thanks Avi! Your great comments brings a smile to my face. :-) I think I said it in some other thread, but anyhow... One of my real talents as a photographer is patience... If you got some of that you can go a long way. Patience plus my total fascination for the small things in nature pretty much adds up to my total amount of success with (some of) my shots.