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Pollination

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 19, 201073 views3 comments

Another shot from the flower field... this time a bee (?) pollinates a flower.

Cropped to 70%, Cloned out OOF stem from behind the subject, sharpened, noise reduction on BG, curves adjustment, toned down yellows.

Nikon D300s 105mm f/2.8 VR + 1.7X TC HH
f/14
1/400s
ISO 640
-.33 EC

- Luke

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on July 20, 2010 at 11:28 AM

Really nice, Luke. Neat little flower. Excellent dof.

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Comment posted by William Brozy on July 20, 2010 at 3:43 PM

This is actually a Hover Fly or sometimes called a Flower Fly. They are rather harmless bee mimics. A nice capture Luke - I may have tried getting lower to provide a little more visual separation between the fly and flower

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 20, 2010 at 8:02 PM

Luke:
Nice to capture flower and friend. The lighting looks harsh and you have managed this well.

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