Climbing Ant/Repost 2

I think the crop/comp works fine for this, I like the ants vertical orientation with head turned upward Randy.
Attractive frame with all the tiny yellow flowers, good sharp focus.
I might suggest just backing off on your contrast a bit to improve the overall 'tones'.
Well done

Great focus He doesn't look pleased with you..he seems to be glaring pretty intently.

Impressive detail given the comp, Randy, and I like the punchy, contrasting colors. Really good look at the subject and an attractive image overall.

Nice little ant on the yellow flower. Like the color combo here. I saw a tiny dust spot in the URC. That is minor. Lovely work.

Thank you for the comments and suggestions, everyone. I see that spot in the URC now, and will clean it out.

I came to enjoy macro photography (while often frustrated) this past summer, so will miss subjects like this one until spring.

Here is a new version of the image with the spot in the UR removed. I tweaked the tone and presence, and also reduced the yellow saturation in LR4. Please take a look and comment and critique if you wish.

Thanks again, Howard and Yun for your suggestions, and Lucy and Scott for your comments.

In the repost the ants colors look more realistic IMO.
But I can't accurately judge what the color of the ant should be, you were there
It's true the first post has more 'punch".
So I think it was close as is.. All I suggested was backing off just a BIT on overall tone/contrast.
The yellows were fine, I think de-saturating them was not needed..
And so it goes, round & round, and where it stops, nobody knows

In the repost the ants colors look more realistic IMO.
But I can't accurately judge what the color of the ant should be, you were there
It's true the first post has more 'punch".
So I think it was close as is. All I suggested was backing off just a BIT on overall tone/contrast.
The yellows were fine, I think de-saturating them was not needed.
I did a quick fix simply using the slider for contrast in Adobe PS for comparison..
And so it goes, round & round, and where it stops, nobody knows

Howard, I prefer the original yellows (like what you did in PS, too), too. Also, I have been using only Lightroom to edit, but installed Photoshop CC tonight, so now I have another powerful tool in the bag (with a good learning curve, I'm certain).