Pollen covered bumble bee on a hot pink flower. Canon 5DII, EF35-80@80mm, 1/125s f8 w/small diffused flash, ISO 200.
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6 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 1, 2012 at 7:56 PM
Great details and use of your flash, like the hot pink color here..
Interesting comp & a nicely presented Bill.
Well done
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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 1, 2012 at 8:53 PM
Well done, Bill. Well controlled light and beautiful color. This would be even better, IMO, if you had been able to get the bee larger in the frame, but that's not easy with a 35-80 std zoom. You did very well with this given the lens.
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on May 1, 2012 at 10:18 PM
Beautiful, vivid color. Is this a Cosmos flower? They can be so colorful. I think a crop up from the bottom so the center of the flower is equal distance from the side and bottom would work well for this photo. It would crop out some of the blurred flower edge and background and give more emphasis to the bee. Great details in the center of the flower and the bee. Nice job handling the flash.
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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on May 2, 2012 at 6:08 PM
Thanks for your comments! Carolyn, I agree that would be a good crop, the thing is I've already cropped quite a bit (went from 21mp down to 6mp) so I didn't want to crop any more than absolutely necessary.
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Comment posted by Hali Sowle on May 2, 2012 at 9:44 PM
Nicely shot Bill, a very vivid flower with nice light and petal detail with a unique composition.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 4, 2012 at 12:43 PM
The details make this picture great. The lines in the petals are really interesting, but your positioning of the bee makes it the star.
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6 commentsInteresting comp & a nicely presented Bill.
Well done