Macro Contest Results for May 2024 - "Bugs"

[@Weldon2004]

Howdy Allan and Team! Thanks for the honorable mention for my photo of the tiny Phanias harfordi(?) Jumping Spider. This spider was a great photo model, moving from leaf to leaf for almost 20min, letting me capture numerous poses. It was so calm, I really should have tried a handheld stack rather than just the single shots I took 😃.

[@PierreSoreau]

👍 hello Allan, and hello everyone, thank you for the enormous work you have done for this competition, surely harder than all the others with more than 100 proposals, very happy for my honorable place, and congratulations to all, for these truly magnificent photos . the next competion in june will require a good dose of concentration and imagination.

[@russrichards]

Huge congratulations to the overall winners, to the top ten placements, to the honourable mentions, and to everyone that entered this months competition!.. Hi to Joe, and thank you for helping with the very difficult task of judging. It was fun and refreshing to hear your viewpoints, and I hope you do so again soon.. The entries this month were all simply incredible, all of you deserve my praise and thanks for making these competitions so much fun for me to enter every one of you. 👏👏👏💯

[@gerardurbatus2014]

Hello , superbes photos ! La créature de Mr MC Guinness(56:38) est un : "Stictocephala taurina " is a species of buffalo treehopper in the family Membracidae. Cordialement.

[@AngiWallaceCreativePhotography]

Thank you both so much. That was very unexpected. This was a last minute fun attempt, it took 3 times to get right over the last 6 hours of May 31st! 3 times of glueing bugs to flowers, weighting it down in the tank getting lighting working with 2-3 layers of diffusion and 3 times i had to fill and empty the tank. 1st time a head floated off, 2nd time part of the flower floated off. Its not upside down, but weighted down inside a fish tank with a thing called a flower frog - a heavy metal weight with spikes on to hold the flower. I then strategically added milk then ink. I created a video to go with it which is on my channel - hopefully it will make you laugh with its daft effects and music. I did try commenting before, but it seems to be removed, maybe KZbin doesnt allow links on comments. Thanks again Joe and Allan. My prize is your words Loved seeing everyone stunning images.

[@roywalker2040]

Hello Allan . WOW. to get 2 pictures in the top 10 is truly amazing,considering I am a relative newcomer to the world of Macro, less than a year.I have followed your Videos and live streams and have learnt a lot,from design of my Macro cage and equipment to use. So a big thankyou,keep up the great instructional work and videos

[@amyfiveaquatics]

Congrats to the winners, well deserved!!

[@edycafe]

Hey Allan! I just subscribed to your channel which has interesting tutorials. I had just started macro photography and another day I found a dead jump spider, took some pictures, and posted them on Facebook and Instagram .. some guys left me horrible comments saying that I killed the spider, which I did not. Anyway, I have learned a lot from your videos! Thanks so much and have a wonderful day!

[@5RustyBin]

@57.08 that is a Stictocephala, a North American treehopper.

[@ultimatedevilshrimp3927]

Vu here Wow I didn't expect an honorable mention since I'm just a rookie unga bunga-ing his way thru macro photography. I want to clarify that my little crab spider friend is actually really alive and on the prowl 🤣. You can tell by the way it's front legs are being held way back and ready to snatch an "Unsuspected Prey" like a snare trap! Which it did later that day if it's the same fly. Saw it eating a fly as I was on my way out to work that same afternoon. I actually have other photos of it older with a bigger butt and all, but didn't want to submit it because you can tell I missed quite a few (many) steps in my manual focusing on a macro rail. I'm willing to share if you want as proof that it's alive. But anyways, thank you both for the honorable mention! Truly honored to be one of Joe's champion. Can tell that Joe's a gamer when he mentioned "3rd person" because that's what I was pretty much going for (gamer myself). You can slap me if I'm wrong! 🤪 Also congrats to the others! I would like to mention that my personal favorite is Mr. Walker's metallic beetle (#8). Something about the iridescent shells of bugs is just so appealing to me. Anything iridescent honestly.

[@nannonana]

Hey Mr Vu! I loved your photo! I'm also a gamer. The use of "Unga bunga" in your comment makes me think you are maybe a Souls gamer? Anyways, I'm glad I got to speak for you in the competition and I really hope you can hone your skills because I personally think you have what it takes to win if you keep at it!

[@ultimatedevilshrimp3927]

@nannonana I'm too much of a coward to play thru a souls game. Friend actually made me suffer through a single playthru of Elden Ring. Never again 🤣. However I am a big Monster Hunter since World. Hence the inspiration of the title: The Hunter. And thank you, I really appreciate it. 🙏 I'm currently trying to get better with my manual focus stacking with a macro rail. It's proving to be challenging.

[@enricoluzi70]

Thanks for the Fifth Place Mr. Allan

[@anthonyodea2251]

Glad you liked the photo. It is pronounced as O-day

[@codmlover8795]

I am also a macro photographer, I want to participate in this, it would be better if you give me the link of any future contest

[@anthonyodea2251]

You can find it on his website which is in the description.

[@snap-n-shoot]

Apologies if you have covered this but I cannot find any examples of determining the difference between focus shifting on the rail or keeping the camera still shifting the focus with the focus ring. Are there pros and cons for both? Some say do not use a rail as it changes the focal distance but only use the focus ring while others go the other way. I would imagine you have discussed and tested this? So basically it is about the best method for accurate focus stacking. Or does it really matter?

[@DavidBrown-if8vn]

Don't neglect the like.

[@filipej.clemente2425]

I want to correct the misinterpretation of the title of my photo "In The Middle Of The Decomposed State" in which it was assigned ninth position, which refers to the environment in which I found the "insect". The bug as the subject of the photo was alive at the moment. Let's hope he's still alive. I'm very happy that you both like my photo. I hope your followers and lovers of macro photography do too. I'm already a loyal follower of the channel. A thank you to all.

[@marksuddaby7566]

I didn’t like the beetle submerged in water it just looked kinda fake and more like a drawing. That’s my personal opinion so please don’t sue me lol

[@AngiWallaceCreativePhotography]

It was just meant as a bit of fun :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGfCga1pZsaGqM0

[@clausgiloi6036]

Loved the clever title pun and the image!​@@AngiWallaceCreativePhotography