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by Richard Teller

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 16, 2012167 views6 comments
I thought it was interesting how, especially, the bee and butterfly seemed to ignore each as the feed on the same flower. At times the bee was completely covered by the wing of the butterfly. All comments and critiques are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
Sigma70-300
All settings manual
Shutter 1/500
Aperture f10
ISO 400190mm
Cropped to 75% of original to remove a partial flower in the LLC
Some color correction in PSE9

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on June 17, 2012 at 1:17 PM
I like the subject and the colors, Richard. The orange BF on the pink flower is a striking combo. The lighting is contrasty, but all detail is nicely maintained. The linear orange vertical line in the BG is my only nit, but it's not very distracting.
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 18, 2012 at 8:02 AM
Good interest Richard. Both bee & b-fly R in sharp focus and I like the way the light hits the b-flies head..
Nits already mentioned, enough said.
Great catch & title :toast:
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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 18, 2012 at 6:29 PM
Brilliant colors and sharp focus on all three subjects. Well done. :toast:
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 18, 2012 at 10:40 PM
Excellent job with dof that shows off the flower and it's three visitors (there's a tiny fly or bee below the bumblebee) very nicely. The colors are very pleasant. It's really interesting that the doesn't seem to be any conflict.
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 20, 2012 at 9:48 PM
That's quite a party! I guess there was enough food for all but is amazing they tolerated each other so well. I like the interesting lighting in this. Good focus on the foreground with a nice blurred background (agree re the brown stem though). Great capture, Richard!
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Comment posted by Chris Grabski on June 21, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Love the subject and colours. Fantastic.
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