Very Still Life #1

ahhh old school – I like this

Very still life indeed. These guys are incredible. Nice work Chris.

beautiful detail in the wings…poor little darling bug

Crystal clear! Nice

wow, amazing work. it looks like i can feel it.
the treatment of the slightly textured background just make it pop! ;-)

GORGEOUS! Love the subtle pink toning.

Man you’re getting posh

brillant

yep it’s still all-right!

amazin!!!

great

did you kill this Chris?

22.5 wow, you can tell
amazing detail

Chris this is such great photography! The detail, subject and hue make for a real conversation piece, well done mate! :D

so what’s it like being a fly on the wall?

OMG I love it. I have TONS of those thing just springing out of the yard as we speak!!! Truly amazing. I have some saved in a jar because I was so facinated!! well done!

Such a beautiful creature. I LOVE the patterns in the wings…hmm, where’s my sketchpad…

BOB !!! have you been murdering bugs !!!

Lovely.

Or just plain dead.
The tonality is something else here Chris.

no way…what is he?

Love the title Chris

wow. this is great.

love the intricate design on the wings! great shot.. love the background and mono tones! Superb subject matter!

I love this kind of stuff. Lovely tone Chris

awesome work….it has a very vintage feel to it. your titles are wonderful!

they are so creepy but so beautiful….awesome detail…

I have always loves cicadas

fabulous

fantastic capture and tratment Chris! enjoyed your series!

love it

What a great close-up. Like the treatment

Oh my! That poor zakayta. They look much healther alive! They are cool looking and makes real cool sounds!

i just love these bugs. amazing photo

very nice work

doesn’t really get much more still than that. hehe. well done.

Very interesting series. Love the form and shape in this particular image.

it feels ancient and sacred and it is beautiful

Brilliant detail. The toning is excellent. Great still life!!

So cool.

Great photo of this dead bug!

Oh I do like this – so simple but so effective.

fantastic, well done, excellent balance of light, exposure, great composition :)

fantastic Chris, the wings look amazing

reminds of “In my medicine cabinet a winter fly died of old age” (J. Kerouac, American Haiku)

Awesome photo, Chris. Congratulations on making the front page!

amazing clarity here

nice wings, pitty about the rest of him.

Great shot.

lovely. I loved collecting cicadas, well saving them from cats and the like. great shot.

Nice to see some shots on film in a sea of digital…..I have been shooting with a Nikon fm2 recently I just love the back to basics rawness of it. I would love to get back into darkroom printing which i used to do a lot of its just so much more rewarding than the dryness of digital…..might have a go at some macro work. How did you like this shot?

Outstanding image…two thumbs up :)

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.

Yes…

God, this is beautiful! Art and Entymology…le sigh.

Well done! I love dead bugs.

mmmm crunchy, i love the colors you have selected!