Waiting to defrost....

I walked the dogs in the early morning frost this morning and spotted some stinging nettles that looked pretty sparkling away with frost on their leaves and the sun starting to come up behind them.
I didn't realise until I was down in the grass with macro lens really close to the nettles that this bug was sitting on the edge of a leaf!

[Issi Bannerman]

Great capture and great light!

[Dawn]

Very cool......hahahah

[David Lee]

stunniong back light natural hisory

[Laurie]

So much to love about this...the backlighting, the silhouette, the frost bokeh...Fav!

[Simply Amanda]

Such wonderful light. Great and cool capture.

[Emilie Cartoun]

Your story is wonderful, the photo and story so perfectly illustrate the theory of fractals - as we look closer and closer we discover further and further levels of complexity.

[judith deacon]

Amazing capture with great lighting and a nice silhouette of the bug, nice frost and then you get some bokeh as well - how much better can you get! FAV

[Jennifer]

great details and dof!! nice capture!

[Dawn Swingle]

This is wonderful, love the backlighting.

[Alice Nellis]

Hairy guy it is... great capture.

[Mark Prince]

Lovely shot, great find

[Krista Marson]

love the gentle lighting.

[Shawna Schroeder]

Super pretty, great lighting :)

[vstap]

Love the sparkling ice. Glad we're not the only ones- woke up to snow

[Margaret Obey]

Love the shimmer from the ice.

[Kane Arlow]

Fantastic POV and lighting. The bugs silhouette looks amazing.

[Catherine Pace]

wonderful - looks like a secret agent!!

[Natalie]

The ice shards look great

[Lena]

Wow, this is awesome! Fabulous bokeh!

[What's for dessert?]

Gorgeous bokeh and ice shards!

[Donna]

What a perfect time to capture a bug. This is great but I sure don't envy you the frost.

[Kay Hodges]

What a perfect time to capture a bug

[Shelley]

I like the bokeh and textures.

[Lisa]

amazing details & light!

[Michael]

Great photo!

[Bob Limacher]

wonderful :)

[Cathy]

Terrific macro!

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome macro.

[Anne Flint]

Love this. I tried to photograph a bumble bee which had flown into my kitchen, but didn't have one clear shot. This is perfect.

[Jasper]

This is pretty special. FAV!

[Mike Gifford]

Awesome rim lighting on the capture to go along with the silhouette!

[Deb]

This is fantastic!! A gorgeous silhouette and the lighting made it totally worth it to get on the ground.

[Lynne Hart]

Brilliant, lovely sparkling capture.

[John Falconer]

Fabulous closeup.

[Richard Hickey]

Congratulations on making Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Amrita]

Love how you got this shot!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Great macro capture, surprised it hadn't fllown before the shutter went.

[Margaret Brown]

Great blog capture what a find!

[Margaret Brown]

Should say bug!! :)

[CINDY JOHNSON]

wonderful

[❀ Lynn]

Wonderful back light...the bug makes it...fav

[Rachel]

Amazing capture, truly stunning!

[Dawn Ulmer]

Quite a dramatic image. Fav.

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Great silhouette!

[Lynn]

I don`t envy you lying in frost and stinging nettles - great capture.

[Shandy]

super!

[Denise fuller]

Fabulous capture

[Mari Page]

Such a great silhouette shot and macro detail. Wow.

[Steve]

Fabulous shot

[Katia]

What a great find! :)

[Lyn Berriman]

Insects are so resilient - great macro capture - well done.

[Leon Buijs]

Beautiful light and silhouette, great details

[beezy]

Brilliant

[Linsey]

Amazing, fav!

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

Super shot, wonder if he was frozen onto,the leaf! You have sharp eyes.

[Call me Joe]

Super beautiful !!

[Judith Greenwood]

Ooh I like that.

[Sue Wilde]

Fabulous

[123-lizzyr]

Great shot

[Margo]

Great catch

[Lois]

Stunning shot!

[Stephanie Swift]

Fantastic capture Chantal, beautiful backlighting, and the bug silhouette is such a bonus, fav for me!

[Richard Sayer]

Now what a lucky find, Chantal.

[Kathie]

Love the light thru the leaf and frost. Bonus bug.

[Catherine W.]

Awesome find and shot!

[Leah]

Great shot! So pretty and really neat you got the bug, too. The ice looks like jewels!

[Joy's Focus]

The leaf looks like it is covered in jewels. The bug is icky

[Clare]

Great detail!! Love the sparkling frost!

[debi]

awesome shot.....nice light!

[Nita]

Gorgeous shot, wonderful light.

[Andrew S]

Love the sparkling light on the leaf!

[Katterina ❥]

Awesome!

[Susan C Clow]

Great image.

[Taffy]

Such a cool shot -- the rim lighting from the dew is fantastic!

[Denis]

A great shot. Love the lighting. A fav and a follow.

[Sue]

Just great!

[Dianne]

Very clever shot - and a bonus with the bug too.

[Francoise]

this is one of those "now I look at the world differently" kind of pictures.

[gayelene]

fantastic capture :)

[Mannie]

What a great little guy. Come on, sun!

[Richard Creese]

Great sharpness on the fly silhouette. Nice macro.

[Trinda Love]

Fav, stunning shot!

[Marg Budd]

Wonderful capture. Love the composition. The line of frost along the edge of the leaves is amazing

[Gwyn]

well THAT'S pretty cool!!!

[Vicki Dixon]

great job with the light!

[Adam]

Freaking awesome. Love it. Sure it wasn't frozen?

[Kerry McCarthy]

Amazing shot!

[Andy Roe]

Great macro and POV