Hello Ruby, welcome to Trek Nature. I hope it brings you much joy and experience.
A lovely image to be starting off with. You've obviously picked up a lot of tips from Joey.
Lovely detail on the scales, and the eye contact is a bonus.
Great work, looking forward to seeing more.

This is great! Perfect. The poses you have captured are superb. Great pov and dof. The lighting is also great, almost dusky.
My only (only) nit would be the Otter cut in half on the right.
It isn't raining here but Jack Frost has been visiting. Hope you manage to get some good shots. I may be able to squeeze an hour in later, but it depends on how long it takes to find 'the' perfect Christmas tree ;-)
Thanks for posting.

Note: 26/09/07 This image is on this website http://www.earthdisplay.com/ where people can download the image and 'get free wallpapers'. Are you aware of this??

Ooh hello, good to see you posting again. This is lovely; great detail, texture and colour.
Great work, thanks for sharing.

This is great Julian, very unusual. You've managed to capture it in it's characteristic defence mode, which was lucky!
Great colours, detail and focus. I just can't believe this was in the U.K.!
Thanks for sharing.

Ah thanks Joe, I'm really really touched. I think this is my first ever dedication and will go into my favourites immediately!
This is a pretty impressive shot (god you're brave!), great detail, nice low pov and I really like the green in the bg.
Good work and thank you again :o)))

You're right Janice, it is very interesting! I hope you were wearing a hat *lol*
The image reminds me of the Indiana Jones movies.
Obviously the quality of this image was completely out of your control so under the circumstances ten out of ten!
A great informative post, thanks for sharing.

A stunning composition, the detail is razor sharp.
I also like this view from the back where we can see the butterfly in all its glory.
Good work, thanks for posting.

The first thing that grabs me about this shot are the colours, especially the turquoise bg. They are stunning, and work so well together.
Grat detail yet it all seems a bit too close for me, I think I would have preferred a shot with the whole of the leaf - just my humble opinion :o)
Thank you for posting.

I saw a bee like this in Somerset (South West, U.K.) last year, couldn't get a decent picture of it and then couldn't ID it either.
I hope you have better luck.
A nicely composed image.
Thanks for posting.

Ah this is lovely, and in that upright position he looks almost like an Indian Runner Duck! A great composition, nice low pov. Definitely high on the cute factor. Good work, just beautiful. Thanks for posting.