This is a simple image of a bee on a wild flower. I used two close up lenses (+2 and +5) to bring the subject(s) closer. Three things that certainly could be improved are the focus, the DOF and the removal of the distracting element on top of the flower. Unfortunately I didn't have enough time this week to make better pictures.
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What in the world is that thing? That's the funniest bug I've seen in a long time. It looks like it's really overweight. LOL!!! Seriously though, the colors and clarity are wonderful. Great picture.
Pretty flower and a nice bee shot. Love the pollen in it's "hair". DOF is a little narrow, but this close...it's going to be. Still, I'd like the wings a bit more visible. This is an interesting angle, but hard on the far wing. 9 Rob the Swash
NICE macro - the freezing of an instant, the tight focus on the foreground - keeps the background from taking over at all or being busy, and the detail here of both flower and bee is gorgeous.
Very nice... I'm not sure I would have put this as National Geographic... but maybe. I think it would have been nice to have the bee just slightly more in focus. Very well done though... could definitely be a magazine cover, if not NG then maybe something else. very pretty, hope you didn't get stung!
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