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Bumblebee on a flower

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 10, 20081,120 views9 comments

I love Macro photography! I took this image with a Canon 20D and a Canon 100mm Macro lens. I saw the flowers repeating the muted colors in the background against the bright yellow of the bee and changed it to a vertical in camera for composition.

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9 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 10, 2008 at 4:35 AM

Excellent! The colors and bahavior are wonderful. I'm looking at it sideways,, then upright, and wonder if I prefer a horizontal.. ?

Sandy R

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on February 10, 2008 at 6:00 AM

Lovely colours.
Wondering if I might like this image more if it were to be rotated CCW 90' ...

rgds,
Kaushik

Registered on January 4, 2008, 98 Posts, 1403 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 10, 2008 at 2:36 PM

Beautiful detail. Nice use of the background to complement the entire image. It would be interesting to see what this looks like rotated 90 CCW

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on February 10, 2008 at 9:53 PM

Hi Lisa,
Very nice find with the bee hanging down from the flower. You have captured a nice array of colors. My only suggestion would be to run this image through a noise reduction program to at least smooth out the background.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 18, 2008 at 11:56 PM

Very, very nice. Congrats!

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on February 19, 2008 at 12:51 AM

Congratulations Lisa. Your choice and handling of the subject and background make the image work very well indeed.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Dawson on February 19, 2008 at 5:13 PM

Congrats on the EP, a very nice image

Registered on February 4, 2006, 364 Posts, 8872 Comments

Comment posted by Andrey Antov on March 22, 2008 at 12:56 PM

I like this shot a lot! The pink in the background makes it look like watercolors.
Greetings!
Andrey

Registered on March 18, 2008, 292 Posts, 341 Comments

Comment posted by Bonnie Bruno on July 12, 2008 at 4:54 PM

Fantastic image! My only suggestion would be to run it through Noise Ninja or one of the other excellent noise-reduction programs out there. Otherwise, it's a great capture--colorful and action-packed.

Registered on July 11, 2008, 6 Posts, 42 Comments