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Busy bee

by Yun Gao

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted December 29, 2014157 views9 comments
Bee and Geranium

D90, 105mm, f/9, 1/800, ISO500, 70% of full frame. June 8, 2014, 16:28.

All comments are welcome and appreciated.

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on December 30, 2014 at 1:03 AM
Wonderful colors and the bee looks like he's covered in pollen. Nicely composed also. I love the little filaments on the geranium stem!
Registered on November 11, 2011, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments
Comment posted by Balan Vinod on December 30, 2014 at 1:15 AM
Yun ...nice freeze frame image ..and nice colors ..liked the way you have got both the bee and the stamen in your focal plane. well done.

Balan Vinod
Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments
Comment posted by Swathiraj G on December 30, 2014 at 7:09 AM
Great image with details of bee and a portion of the flower. you well managed to get the right angle & plain. Overall background gives a real artistically feel.
Registered on April 26, 2014, 71 Posts, 153 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on December 30, 2014 at 9:04 AM
Terrific, Yun. One of my favorite image genres. I like the bee's position in the frame, and I like your choice of dof which rendered the bee and geranium stamens entirely sharp, and left the rest of the image nice and soft but still discernible. Top notch bee in flight. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on December 30, 2014 at 10:48 AM
Hi Yun,

This is a very challenging shot that you handled very well. The plane of focus is perfect..................Jim
Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Comment posted by Allen Brooks on December 30, 2014 at 5:22 PM
I really like this. The bee is quite sharp; you really were able to stop the movement. Pleasing background and flower. I like how the sharpest areas highlight the pollen on the bee and on the stamens. :toast:
Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments
Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on December 30, 2014 at 7:36 PM
Perfect focus on the bee and the center of flower, with strong yet natural colors. Excellent! :smile:
Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on December 31, 2014 at 10:29 AM
Wow - spot on !!
Registered on January 25, 2010, 54 Posts, 610 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 31, 2014 at 11:25 AM
Great catch, Yun. The sharpness on both the bee and the flower is perfectly placed. The background adds nicely to this gentle, but colorful scene.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments