First time here

[hollow]

First of all you have to excuse my English since is not my "native" language.

Please take a look to this picture. I'm attracted to the close-ups/maco pictures but for now I only have just the camera (2 weeks old Canon A95) and no other accessories.
This picture is made 3 days ago when I've found an ants colony.
All comments will be very appreciated.

(Focal Lenght: 8mm, f/5, 1/400", Metering Mode: Pattern, Manual Focus Distance : 4 centimeters)

edited: unfortunatelly looks pretty small, but that was the only method to upload here :(

[Titus213]

Welcome. I'm fairly new here too. It's a great place to learn with lots of talented, knowledgeable people willing to help.

Very interesting shot. The weed sticking up is very distracting. Perhaps an angle from a little further up? It's refreshing to see someone who is not interested in the long lenses. There is a closer world to examine.

PS. It's NOT full, it just appears so. But welcome back anyway...

[hollow]

Thanks for the comments.
It is full..I had to reduce it to 480x360 pixel to keep under 100kB.
I'll try to do this (kind of) photo again in two weeks I guess. For this one I didn't had my tripode :o.

[Kerbouchard]

Neat perspective. Titus is right -- lose the grass in the foreground.

And I'd bet that the comment from Titus about "full" was referring to your signature, not your picture. ;-)

[hollow]

And I'd bet that the comment from Titus about "full" was referring to your signature, not your picture. ;)

You're right ! :D Silly me :o

So how about this one ?
The differences :
-different crop (obvious);
-unsharp mask;
-warm photo filter.
(all done in Photoshop).