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Rossano Balloco
{K:963} 9/8/2005
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What a wonderful shot Steve, lught and composition are just perfect! Congrats
Rossano
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Lori Stitt
{K:75282} 3/8/2004
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WOW....fantastic photograph!! Very well captured, love how the nodules (or whatever they are called) are highlighted. AMAZING capture!~
Lori :)
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Mark Peterson
{K:3452} 11/12/2003
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That has to be the biggest mosquito I've ever seen. I'm glad I didn't see any of them when I lived in Anchorage.
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Chelsea Burke
{K:5750} 8/24/2003
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From what you've told me of those Alaskan mosquitoes, I'm sure you were quite happy to keep the sundews well-fed! hehehe...
Lovely shot Steve.
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Steve Kaufman
{K:2748} 8/22/2003
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OK, now I'll tell you guys a bit of the story behind the photo. Last year, I attempted to photograph sundews in the bog. I took a large plastic sheet, and lay down in the water (it's a floating bog, so the water comes up a couple inches deep when you get on it). Try as I might, I just couldn't get a low enough perspective to obtain the image I wanted. So, this summer, I tried again. I collected a number of plants and the mosses they live in, and put them in a plastic pot. We have plenty of mosquitoes in Alaska during mid summer, so I'd catch them, as well as other insects and feed my pet sundews. They thrived and flowered. With them in a plastic pot, I could easily get the lower angle I wanted. So, I admit it, this was entirely a set up shot. A few weeks ago, I returned them back to the bog, happy and healthy and ready to go into dormancy until next summer.
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Akin Ozyazici
{K:4323} 8/22/2003
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Great macro work, Excellent shot,
Regards Akin.
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Eric Goldwasser
{K:4294} 8/22/2003
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This is phenomenal Steve! And let me say that the loss of a mosquito to this lovely plant is totally acceptable. :-)
I'm with Bob on this. Nothing more to say really!
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Bob Jarman
{K:3145} 8/22/2003
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Wow!
I would like to add a "constructive critique " Steve, but I cant think of much more to say.
Very special image, thank you for sharing it. You provide us (well at least me) with a ton of inspiriation.
bob
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kita mcintosh
{K:18594} 8/22/2003
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the other day I was going for a walk (highlands-Scotland-very acid peaty ground) and there were loads of these. Unfortunately I did not have the right lens to take a decent shot of them but I would have never competed with this anyway. They are fascinating little things. Perhaps it should be pointed out to people that they are actually very tiny, only a few cm high.Only your writing in the middle of tehm disturbs me.
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André Miranda
{K:393} 8/22/2003
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Belo macro. Nota 10.
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ken krishnan
{K:19102} 8/22/2003
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Interesting shot. I envy you guys with big macro stuff. I have enormous difficulty with my macro in Fuji finepix.
The blood reds on the leaves apt for a carnivor. It looks like the mosqito has met its match.
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José Eduardo Cruz
{K:13180} 8/22/2003
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Great macro!!!
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