Pollinator and Harvester

Gallery: AvianPosted July 26, 201576 views6 comments

I didn't even notice the bumblebee in the Anise Hyssop until I was processing this one. There were the tops of a few Crocosmia petals sticking into the bottom of the frame on this one, so I tried removing them without creating too much of a mess. Unfortunately I couldn't just crop because they lapped above the bottom of the bee. I had quite a few exposures of this Pine Siskin in the Hyssop and almost never got good eye contact and a decent pose combined.

7Dii Sigma 100-600mm contemporary lens at 600mm, hand held, f/6.3, 1/400, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering, no compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Slight crop from the top and right-final size is 18.3MP. Taken July 24th at 3:28 pm under cloudy skies.

I appreciate your input on the Robin post and look forward to your suggestions on this one.

Please view the larger image for best detail.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on July 26, 2015 at 12:22 PM

Love the colors Dennis, nice compostion. Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on July 26, 2015 at 1:43 PM

I like the comp and the color spectrum here but wonder if you could brighten up the Pine Siskin a tad to draw more attention to it?

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Brown on July 27, 2015 at 4:58 AM

Lovely colourful image. Looks very natural. The bee is a nice touch. graham

Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 27, 2015 at 9:44 AM

No suggestions for improvement, like very much as posted.

The hyssop & bumble bee make it a great frame, & the bird's doing something..

Great moment & snap Dennis, well done! devil

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on July 27, 2015 at 3:42 PM

HI Dennis

I think the bee works nicelly in the frame, Nice work.

Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 27, 2015 at 9:10 PM

Hi Dennis,

The siskin looks good in the larger image with nice color an detail. The siskin may not like the outcome if it decides to battlw with the bumblebee. Well done with the scene devil .......................Jim

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