May Photo Challenge - Comments & Rejects

[Photo Challenge]

Post any comments on the May Photo Challenge (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=1247356#post124735 6) submissions to this thread.

If you have any "notable rejects", you can post them here too.

This month's Topic is "Beauty in Nature"
That is a fairly broad topic, and of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I predict some stunning images.

Enjoy :camera:

[UniPol]

My cat doing what he likes best.

[Allan_L]

Beautiful Cicada shot, Uni!
[good decision to go with the cute bug instead of the cat]
How do you keep such good resolution when reducing the file size to under 200kb ?:confused2:

[Regulus]

Here's a set of photos from the past year that I quite liked.

Trev

[zenith]

Hi Trevor,

They are really good pictures, my favorite is the yellow beetle.
Is that a dedicated macro lens you are using, or a zoom?
Were the little guys running all over the place making it tricky to frame and focus in time?

Cheers, Tim.

[Regulus]

Hi Tim.
All except the Lady Bug (Beetle) were taken either with a 70mm Sigma macro, or the kit 18~55 Canon lens with a 25mm auto extension tube. The Lady Bug and the rock formation were taken on my Canon S110 compact camera (which died yesterday when I was out photographing fungi).
The spider was the one that kept running away to get under the log. The others all stood still and smiled :-)

Trev