Natural vs Artificial
by sk8t969

Comment by P-A-U-L:
Lovely bokeh

Natural vs Artificial
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Comment by timb:
Nice shot, I like the composition and colors here.

Natural vs Artificial
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Comment by Rgarcia:
Love the bokeh and the light of the candle.

Filling the Cracks
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Comment by BrennanOB:
A few years ago about a dozen of us were trail riding on Mount Diablo and we staked our horses out in the shade and sat down on the ground to eat. A few moments later we discovered we were in a lady bug swarm, millions of these guys were inches thick in the shade, they were up the horses legs, into our food, under our shirts. Pretty creepy. It seems these guys migrate in big swarms through the year, winter in the valley, summer in the mountains

Filling the Cracks
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Comment by train:
amazing capture and so unusual this is something I have never seen before

Filling the Cracks
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Comment by overboard:
This is a fabulous capture. Growing up in Thousand Oaks, Ca. I would look forward to finding these ladybug colonies in the bushes and trees of our yard and surrounding hills each summer. I don't know if they still inhabit that area, but I'm thrilled to see they do indeed still gather for a summer party. oh, and a big congratulations on your 5th place finish!

Filling the Cracks
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Comment by Dphoto:
I knew this would do well. So unique for the challenge and artistic too!

Filling the Cracks
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Comment by SandyP:
I love this one. It has artistic context, and is a nice change from the garish bugs eyeballs in the rest of ours :)

Filling the Cracks
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Comment by Dennisheckman:
Congrats on a solid placement with what I thought was the most interesting and fun to view shot in the challenge, and there were a lot of very good entries, so good for you for finding these gals. Nothing in the challenge description required it to be a macro shot, this fits the challenge perfectly.

Filling the Cracks
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Comment by Denise:
What a wonderful find and captured perfectly, love this! Congrats on top 10!