Macro Photo Competition 2014 No 3 : Results

  • Competition Winner : First Prize
  • $200.40 plus a Leica C worth $700
  • Judges Comment
  • Congratulations on this first place, a beautiful picture of this jumping spider, everything is perfect in this picture, the sharpness is impeccable, the background is just beautiful, the composition is very good. well-deserved first place.
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thank you so much for this great honor. My name is Raed Ammari and I live in Colorado/USA. Jumping spiders are my favorite subject to photograph. This particular shot took me couple hours to finish, It's composed of 18 stacked photos. Stacking photos allows me to use wider aperture which in turn gives me a brighter field and a nice separation of the sharp subject from a creamy smooth background. I kept waiting for this Phidippus Carolinensis to settle in one spot to do the stack. It took a lot of patience as those little fuzzy guys are very active and keep jumping all over the place. Thank you again
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  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Just a beautiful portrait of the toad, the details in the eyes are beautiful! The colors are beautiful, but it lacks a little depth of field! Very good job.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A great shot of this butterfly, the colors are beautiful, the composition is very good, the color of the background is very soft, very beautiful picture!
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thanks for choosing my pic! I am Pritesh Chooramun from Mauritius and I am an amateur photograph. This pic was shot with a Canon 60D and Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens.
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  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A beautiful picture of this caloptéryx, blue is intense, the wing position is not common, the development is very good, very good job.
  • Photographers Comment
  • My Name is Andreas Wronna. Thank you for the mark of excellece and for your comment. This photo was shot at the end of May 2012 early in the morning. It was a cold morning and a I knew where these dragonflies used to sleep. This photo is not arranged! This photo was taken with a Canon 7D camera and lens was Canon EF180mm macro USM. I was using a Gitzo G2220 tripod and a linear stage Newport M-423. I used these settings : ISO100, F8, 1/10sec . It took a lot of time, to find the perfect position...
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Very nice picture of this Damselfly, the composition is very good, sharpness is perfect and the background is really beautiful, good work.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A great shot of this dragonfly, the development is very good and the background is just beautiful.
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thanks for choosing my pic! This is my second Mark of excellence in this macro competition. I am Pritesh Chooramun from Mauritius and I am an amateur photograph. This pic was shot with a Canon 60D and Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens,
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  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A beautiful portrait of this fly, the development is very good and sharpness, very good job!
  • Photographers Comment
  • My name is Carolyn Bowman and I am from N.C. I have been doing digital photography for a little over one year and I love macro. This was taken in my garage using a Nikon 800E with a 28mm lens, reversed. I focus stacked about a dozen images to get this one and I use Helicon Focus software. I also did some editing using Photo Shop CC. Thank you for the Award of Excellence!
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Very nice shot of this butterfly dewy morning, the colors are very soft and there is here a very good composition.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A very nice shot of this assasin fly, the sharpness is very good and the design point.Une picture taken at the right moment.