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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. |
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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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06/27/2006 07:33:39 PM |
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06/25/2006 04:45:03 PM |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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