Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 14, 2013122 views4 comments
Same flower, different critter. Feedback welcome as always. Is the white patch in the bg too distracting?
7D, 100mm macro, handheld
ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/1000s
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Comment posted by scott lanz on September 15, 2013 at 8:10 PM
Must be a great tasting flower, Marylynne. Good eye level perspective and excellent detail on the bee. The bg overall is quite good.
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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on September 16, 2013 at 6:43 AM
The bee is superbly detailed, Marylynne, and the comp excellent. I might indeed take down the brightness on the L just a touch, but overall the light and varied colour in the bg help make this a really nice image.
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on September 16, 2013 at 10:17 PM
Beautiful composition, colors, and details. The background is interesting, yet unobtrusive, so if you tone down that white patch, I think you should do it gently.
Do you have lots of honey bees where you live? In my neck of the woods, it's sad to see how few there are compared to when I was younger. I hope scientists can get to the bottom of the problem and convince society to do something about it.
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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on September 16, 2013 at 11:56 PM
thanks, folks. The white is an overexposed spiderwort leaf, and I could do some healing to make it more greenish and less stark.
Wayne: we do have a good bee population in our yard, not sure about the rest of Oregon. My "grass" is mostly clover, much to the chagrin of landscapers and delight of bees.
We had. huge bumble bee kill after a company sprayed trees near a shopping mall. I think legislation is pending already. Between pesticides, zero lot housing, and white nose fungus, it's hard for honey bees, and if they suffer we all will.
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4 commentsDo you have lots of honey bees where you live? In my neck of the woods, it's sad to see how few there are compared to when I was younger. I hope scientists can get to the bottom of the problem and convince society to do something about it.
Wayne: we do have a good bee population in our yard, not sure about the rest of Oregon. My "grass" is mostly clover, much to the chagrin of landscapers and delight of bees.
We had. huge bumble bee kill after a company sprayed trees near a shopping mall. I think legislation is pending already. Between pesticides, zero lot housing, and white nose fungus, it's hard for honey bees, and if they suffer we all will.