Pollination

Gallery: FloraPosted April 29, 2010105 views12 comments

One from the archives- 2007! This is Mediterranean Tree Mallow, one of my neighbors favorite flowers. I was practicing cramming when the bee just popped right in and got to work.

D200, 70-200/2.8 @ 170 mm, tripod; f 3.2, 1/1600, ISO 400, spot meter.

Local areas of the images are "patched" (using patch tool in P'shop) with leaf patterns from other parts of the image for the sake of composition. The furled flower in the ulc was darkened slightly.

Thanks for looking in. As always, comments and critique much appreciated.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on April 29, 2010 at 8:20 AM

The background is nicely blurred, and it compliments your main subject the mallow and the "bumbler" (my pet name for bumble bees) so a little creative mainpulation of the background isn't an issue for me. Great sharpness on the bumbler and flower. All in all a fine image. Preparation meets opportunity.

Paul

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 29, 2010 at 9:53 AM

Catherine: Simply outstanding! Superbly crafted image. 2 thumbs and 2 big toes up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on April 29, 2010 at 1:00 PM

Beatiful capture! It's quite interesting and well executed in all respects.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on April 29, 2010 at 4:42 PM

Excellent shot Catherine, with the cramming and the party crasher this all comes together VERY well. I like it a lot.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on April 29, 2010 at 6:33 PM

Excellent, Catherine. Great cramming and processing. The bee puts it over the top.

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Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on April 29, 2010 at 8:52 PM

what a beauty, lovely bg and colours are great.

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Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on April 30, 2010 at 3:05 AM

Sweet capture Catherine. When opportunity knocked you took a shot at it.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on April 30, 2010 at 5:55 PM

No missing your point here. Superbly crafted.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 30, 2010 at 11:55 PM

Lovely "cramming" of OOF colors here. I like the spread stance of the bee

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 2, 2010 at 8:25 PM

Catherine, Very nice and when I opened the photo, I was looking forward to seeing lensbaby in the description

- your post treatment in Photoshop really gives this photo some artistic flavour as well.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 3, 2010 at 7:00 AM

Incredible image Catherine. I'm in love with the comp. and of course the main bloom and bee. You have the cram down beatuifully as well. Very well done!

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on May 3, 2010 at 8:51 AM

Just beautiful Catherine, everything about it.
John

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