Twist of Lyme [Contest Finalists July 2011]
Uploaded: July 16, 2011 01:26:39
Micro-Nikkor 105 mm with extension tubes, Vivitar 285 Flash
Michelle Alton July 16, 2011
What a brilliant title...It takes a special person to make a portrait of a tick! #1393448Jack Gaskin July 16, 2011
I mentioned earlier to someone, that picking a TITLE is half the fun in posting.Great Find and Capture
Jack #9533626
Bob Cammarata July 17, 2011
Thanks Michelle and Jack.This photo and its title has been in my mind for years...just waiting to come into fruition.
Given the time I spend outdoors, I often find these pesky little buggers clinging to my pant leg but there never seems to be any wild grape vines around when I happen to pick up a "hitchiker".
FINALLY, last Wednesday, the two elements came together and I snipped off a piece of vine and propped it on a nearby picnic table.
Getting an aroused tick to sit still for a photo is an impossible task so I had to shoot multiple frames with the flash and hope for a few keepers.
Bob #9535048
Sherran Andersen August 25, 2011
Cool play on words... that bug just sent shivers down my spine... congrats. #9631170Merna L. Nobile August 31, 2011
Great photographers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion.
Congratulations for your achievement, August, 25, 2011. Merna
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