Anna, thanks for the critique (my first in a while!). I did consider cropping out the upper left corner. I tried and tried - rotated, etc. but I was losing a lot of sharpness and detail that I didn't think I could compensate for in NeatImage. Here is one of my other attempts.
I think I'll give it another try during my next visit to the Zoo.
Thanks again for the helpful critique!
Jerry
Wow this actually fits two very recent challenges both the B Challenge and the Speed Challenge.
It is such a cool photo it really does show so much it has a great deal of detail in it. Your focus is fabulous. Your bees moving around blurred and then the honeycomb being in such wonderful focus.
A very good finish my question is did you try cropping it differently so you would cut out the left top corner? Although I know it is bees moving it seems to distract from the rest of the photo.
Thanks to all that took the time to comment on this submission. I can hardly believe that I have earned a second ribbon in as many weeks. It may be luck, but I'd like to think that it has to do with what I am learning from many of my fellow DPC addicts. Perhaps I will be lucky enough to complete the set and win a red ribbon one day! Thanks again!
Wonderful colors. What really gets me though is the feeling of movement in the picture, on top of that one bee remains sharp - you really captured the essence of what it must feel like to bee in a hive :) One of my favorites this week -10
Nice. I like the sense of activity - the way many of the beese are blurred with motion - but also the still focus on a couple near the center who are not moving at this moment. This is a very effective picture, and somewhat unnerving - I'm not sure I want to be as close to the bees as you've brought us. :) Good one!
Really like the way that all attention is focussed on the middle bee - and great result for capturing this challenge. Appears there's just a little blur from the middle bee's movement as it doesn't some quite as clear as the honeycomb, but its a great shot nonetheless
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