Macro Photo Competition 2014 No 1 : Entry Number 70

Hi Ondrej. A beautiful picture of this ladybird. The colors are beautiful, the focus is perfect, and dew really brings a lot to the composition. I am very familiar with your work, I think you're one of the best macro photographers, your technique is excellent and I know you have photos very much better than this one ;) Regards, David.

Name of picture: Dreaming location: Myjava, Slowakia, lake Brestovec My favorite kind of photography is Macro. It`s another world, which can be seen only under our feet. We can discover a world of small monsters. Each fly, bee and spider is a perfect predator or a warring victim in this empire. It`s always a big surprise for me to find out how many species, forms and colors exist in this kingdom. I see the things around me a bit differently after each visit in this micro-world. I try to look at them in their own way. It`s very funny I wanted to make a natural photo of ant with contrast of dew drops on ladybug and dandelion Cyamera :Canon 7D+Canon mp-e 65+ flash Canon 480II Iso:100, F 9, 1/100s, Exp:0, 65mm Software Photoshop CS8. The final picture has been made from 2 shots, stacking in Photoshop and for final modification I have used the adaptation contrast and vibrate. The sharpeness at the end.