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I finally summoned up the courage to enter three shots in this month's competition at my camera club. My shots were awarded a gold, a silver and a bronze at the meeting tonight. and I won a raffle prize too. All in all it was a very enjoyable evening.
This stink bug was having a great feast on one of my rosebuds. I'm posting 2 shots as I couldn't decide which one I preferred. I think there are focus issues with both of them.

[Bep]

Congrats, Merrelyn! I prefer this one. Fav.

[Merrelyn]

Thanks Bep, I prefer the composition of this one, but I don't like the out of focus antenna over its eye.

[Janet B.]

Your evening sounds fabulous! I prefer the composition of this one, but I find both shots to be wonderful macros. Well done!

[Susan Golding]

Congratulations. Both shots are good, but I think I prefer this one.

[Christina Helliwell]

Fabulous shot! So well captured.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Fantastic shot.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful micro shot with great details . Fav. capture

[Hazel]

This is my favourite. Did it get the gold?

[sally agnew]

Love the dof, very nice macro :)

[Joanna kate]

Another great close-up, weird insect

[Babs]

congratulations on your wins. Is this one of your winning shots? Of the two I prefer this one. Well done on the raffle prize too. you really are on a winning streak.

[Valerie Chesney]

i can't decide, each is showing the bug at a different angle...I like both...

[Yeshanghai]

Congratulations! Amazing macro shot. FAV

[Gayle]

Wonderful macro shot! I like them both! Congratulations on your camera club awards! That is awesome!!! Fav!

[Rachel]

I think I like this one the most, especially for those little knobbles on the bud.

[Irene Marshall]

Congrats on your 3 wins love this shot the best Fav.

[Merrelyn]

@quietpurplehaze Thanks Hazel, entries have to be in a week before the meeting and all of the shots I put in were from my project.
This is the one that got gold, http://365project.org/merrelyn/365/2015-10-08

[Merrelyn]

@janetb thank you for your kind words Janet. I certainly had a great evening :)

[Merrelyn]

@windridge Thanks Susan, they are such a pretty colour, but they do some damage.

[Merrelyn]

@elisasaeter Thank you Elisabeth, they are pretty to look at, but I would prefer not to have them in my garden :)

[Merrelyn]

@pyrrhula Thank you so much Ferry, I'm glad you like it :)

[Merrelyn]

@joannakate Thanks Joanna. They can do a fair bit of damage, especially to my tomatoes.

[Merrelyn]

@onewing Thanks Babs. I certainly did well last night. My friend joked that they might not let me come anymore :)

[Merrelyn]

@onewing This was the gold shot. The other 2 were also from my project. http://365project.org/merrelyn/365/2015-10-08

[Merrelyn]

@happysnaps Thanks Valerie, there were particular things that I liked and disliked about each shot :)

[Merrelyn]

@yeshanghai Thank you, I'm glad you like it. I'm loving following your journey.

[Merrelyn]

@gaylewood Thanks Gayle, I was very excited :)

[Merrelyn]

@888rachel Thanks Rachel, I thought they looked pretty cool too :)

[Merrelyn]

@irene111 Thanks Irene, I was a tad excited :)

[Madeleine Pennock]

Delightful colours of the leaf contrasting with the insect! Good macro shot! Well done!