Light my way by Fabien Bravin

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
I used Canon 7D and Sigma 180mm macro lens

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Shot in the evening light, the settings for this pic were: ISO 200, f/7.1, 1/200 sec, no flash

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
I used LR2 to develope the raw file and adjust the levels and tones and then CS5 to reduce noise, resize and convert to SRGB profile.

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
It's a praying mantis larva (less than 2 cm long) born in May and shot in June

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I'm fond of macro photography and spend a lot of time in the meadows and in my garden with my camera looking for insects and any other tiny creatures that live in a micro world. :)

Hm...It's too heavy for me! by Quang Thanh

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Sony H50 with Raynox M250

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
24mm, F/7, 1/200 sec, ISO 100

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Photoshop CS2 + Turbo photo

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
The ants and the queen larvae

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I wanted to capture images of the ants' life.

Honey Bee by Paul Licht

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
HP PhotoSmart C945 & Raynox DCR 250

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Exposure - 1/125 sec, aperture - f/8.5, focal length - 28 mm, ISO 100

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
The Gimp

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
Bee wildlife

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
Bee photography is one of my favorit macro subject. I suppose I have several thousands of bee macros in my archieves.

Untitled by Robert Lunetta

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Nikon D200 with a 50mm 1:1.8 D lens reversed on extension tubes. Flash was from the built in flash with a homemade softbox diffuser.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
ISO 200, shutter speed 1/160 sec.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Photoshop 6.0. For the most part this image was straight form the camera, there was just minor tweaks to contrast and color balance, and I had to clone out some dust specks which is an unfortunate evil of using a reversed lens.

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
A dragonfly

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I had been photographing these guys on their perches but there is usually very little backdrop to bounce the flash back, so the background would inevitably be dark. I created a simple background in photoshop to give the flash something to reflect off of. In order to take this shot I had to hold the background at arms length and shoot with one hand. Anyone who does this type of work, especially with reverse lens because everything is manual, knows how difficult this can be.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
My advice would be to take tons of shots, out of approximately 50 shots maybe 5 to 10 will be useable, and experiment with different backgrounds as well. If you don't know how to make one, pull a leaf of a tree or find something on the ground. I have even used a discarded beer box for a background.