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Flight of the Bee
Flight of the Bee
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bokeh II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Pelham, New Hampshire
Date: Jun 17, 2006
Aperture: f 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320s
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 20, 2006

Crop, Levels, Neat Image, USM.

Statistics
Place: 137 out of 432
Avg (all users): 5.5597
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.5547
Avg (non-participants): 5.5643
Views since voting: 851
Views during voting: 351
Votes: 268
Comments: 19
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07/09/2006 05:06:04 PM
Sorry to be so late with critiques

I think you've succeeded well in capturing the bee with the flower, and enhancing it with b/g bokeh. The colours and the focus on the flower are good. The main problem here for me is that the bee is soft - I'm not sure if that is motion blur or if the bee is outside the plane of focus. I would also prefer the background flowers to be slightly further away (or shallower DOF) to enhance the bokeh.

Also, a slight change in placement could have put the b/g flowers offset against the f/g flower, making the composition a touch less busy.

I would suggest cropping in the righthand side so that the flower is not centralized.
07/02/2006 10:44:31 PM
hello again,

that is a gorgeous shot of the iris and a beautiful iris it is.

the bee is soft though. i think that was the problem.
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06/30/2006 12:23:18 AM
Trading Post - Not a bad shot. Way to go on catching a flying bee. I think if you could have caught him in focus and had the flower be your bokeh in front you may have scored some more points. Nice colors and the background bokeh works pretty good. I think the crop may be just a tad bit too tight as I think I would have liked to have seen the whole head of the flower in the shot.
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06/29/2006 10:21:18 PM
Trading Post comment

This did pretty well for a flower shot! :-) Love the crisp focus on the foreground flower and nice choice of subject as that's a particularly lovely bloom. The bee is a welcome addition as it adds interest but you should have convinced him to fly into the picture rather than out of it - doesn't he understand the rules of composition? Well lit, good color, and nice bokeh to boot.
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06/28/2006 10:03:03 AM
Trading post...
Nice capture. I followed a bee around for about an hour before giving up. Nice placement in such a large field too! Your bokeh is wonderful and the purple's/blue's are excellent.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2006 07:33:39 PM
oufffff nice shot...
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06/26/2006 09:49:17 PM
Nice catch!
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06/25/2006 04:45:03 PM
Great Job
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06/25/2006 03:18:27 AM
Lovely capture. The colours of this bee are new to me.
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06/25/2006 01:04:37 AM
Beautifully done!
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06/24/2006 09:33:13 AM
I like the composition...
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06/23/2006 08:08:27 PM
crop the right half!!!!!
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06/23/2006 02:23:43 PM
I like the colors . .

Message edited by author 2006-07-21 09:40:20.
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06/23/2006 08:22:37 AM
Nice timing, great colors
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06/21/2006 05:18:44 PM
Good Capture
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06/21/2006 03:41:58 PM
What a capture! Nicely done!
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06/21/2006 01:43:52 PM
That is one big ass bee. Nice colors on the iris'
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06/21/2006 11:03:59 AM
Wow! ... this is excellent as far as DOF, focus, captured moment and color. As far as nature and beauty this one defines them.
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06/21/2006 04:56:58 AM
Beautiful image. Great capture!
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