Bugged

Found this little guy just outside my office building.

[Dawn Reilly]

love the high key composition, and terrific detail, maybe too much detail for me cause I am getting shivers down my spine! Not a big fan of bugs! :)

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Oh hey there beetle! Cute shot... I don't like these near me though, they're too big for my comfort zone lol.

[Tara]

Great macro and love the high key!

[Jason Daniels]

go little guy!

[trude]

Great shot, love his big shadow!!

[Janna E.]

Nice find and a really cool composition!

[Farrah]

He looks huge! Great shadow!

[Richard]

cool shot

[ShutterTux]

Good macro.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

This is excellent!

[Joanne Hunter]

Great!

[Nicola Thwaite]

Fantastic. Love the detail and how you can even see the tiny hairs in the shadow.

[Sally Ings]

Great composition, cool use of negative space.

[KWind]

Wonderful macro. The shot suits b&w Perfectly.

[Cathy Donohoue]

Wonderful comp and super shadow!! Fav

[Kathryn]

ewwww

[Caren]

Really great composition and love it in black and white. Junebugs give me the heebe-jeebies!

[Simply Amanda]

Super buggy shadow!!

[Kate Goring]

He doesn't look so little! Love the black and white .

[Cindy]

Looks like what we call a June bug. I love the contrast and the shadows. Excellent final presentation.

[joey d.Muli]

coolness----:)

[Ingrid Budge]

Great shot but give me spiders any day. bugs no thanks!

[Meredith Jones]

Great shadow and use of negative space.

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Love the comp, great in b/w--terrific!

[Vic]

Great shot, love the composition!

[kirpppu]

Great shot with the shadow and composition, though I think beetle pictures should be banned. Horrible creatures.

[ali warner]

You are too good. This is great. I love beetles.

[Humphrey Hippo]

Great shadow!

[emily tull]

awww

[Karen Williams]

Great shot. Love the b and w processing and the way the beetle is placed on the photo. fav.

[ali warner]

Have posted another selfie. The older I get the more I like soft focussing!!!

[David Price]

Love the simplicity of the composition & a lovely sharp shadow.

[Paulien]

Great shot and shadow!

[ali warner]

@abhijit Hi! Loved your moonlit car. And bug. How are you doing with the challenge?
;)

[Michelle]

Love the crisp simplicity of this!

[Jerri]

he's just tryin to get home to his family in rush hour...love the high key, b&w and composition!

[Ceeceebee]

Great composition with the space, shadow.

[Shirley]

Very cool Abhijit

[Alison]

lovely close up ~ like the shadow, negative space and details ~ ugly bug but FAV

[Abhijit]

@aliwarner have I misunderstood the challenge you set? The panning shot was in response to the challenge. Can you please explain the challenge if I got it wrong?

[Mick Porter]

Cool, I like the light on it

[Katie]

Ewwww!

[Kimberly Balychev]

Oooo outstanding detail! :) Love the furry bug! :)

[Melissa]

Striking composition. Makes the creepy lovely.

[Mistie]

What a cool bug! great shot!

[Sue Wilde]

Fabulous detail

[Cindy Rez]

Great shot of him!!!

[Janet Shaffer]

Great capture.

[e.gad]

great find. Love your processing.

[Margaret Tryon]

I think this is fabulous.

[Sean]

Very cool shadow!

[Jesse Hurler]

eek!!! awesome shot :)

[☠northy]

gaak! but yeah... i'd have hauled out the camera too... nicely done - love the white background!

[Karen]

Interesting little fellow.

[Kathy A]

Awesome shot, great composition

[Endre Majoros]

Great shot, love the composition.

[Mel]

great bug and shadow! nice shot

[Nivedita]

very nice

[Malc Bird]

Wow, great shot

[Corinne]

Simple and cool !

[Simon]

Fantastic composition and shadow!

[Sophie]

Great shadow! love it in b&w

[summerfield]

a beetle it is, methinks. lovely high key and shadow.

[AutomaticSlim]

Cool shadow.

[Janelle]

Another brilliant shot!!

[Muriel Scheurer]

Great b&w bugshot! It looks wonderful against the white background!

[Wendy Bowden]

Terrific focus

[CAT Carter]

Nice use of negative space and what an interesting image/subject matter. I like your minimalist approach to this.