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Pollinator

by Tonia Graves

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted March 18, 201295 views2 comments
Nikon D5100 w/ Micro 200mm lens on tripod
ISO 200, F10, 1/80 sec
RAW image processed in PSE10; no crop
Location: Tempe, AZ

Found this bee pollinating my dad's aloes and decided to try to get a shot. I'm realatively happy with this but I do wish more of its body was visible. What do you think?

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on March 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM
Tonia, yes, more would be better, particularly because you have some empty space that maybe could have been filled with the bee's body, but the critical area is visible. You can also crop some of the image to give you a larger relative subject size. I like the sidelight and strong floral color. One other suggestion for future reference would be to consider shooting moving subjects, like pollinating bees, at a little higher iso to give you a little more flexibility to increase your ss or DOF, whichever is appropriate. With my D700, I usually shoot pollinating bees at iso 400 with minimal loss of image quality. :wavey:
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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on March 19, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Scott, thanks for the sound advice, I appreciate it!
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