Maybe Spring is always a bit late coming to Norway, but we've had a cold March too. These were the first flowers that I've seen outside of a florist this year.
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Thanks for the critique club comment (and thanks for all the others too). This was a serendipitous shot that fitted in for the challenge, which allows me to get all this priceless feedback. I appreciate it - the learning curve starts here.
First of all, let me tell you what I like - Like the colours of this shot. Fits in nicely with the Challenge. I also love the idea of the bee on the flower - Nice detail.
Stuff that needs work - Your image seems a bit soft - could do with some Sharpening - Especially on the yellow flowers and the bee.
Try using a bit more DOF. Your background is a tad distracting. OR you could make the background a solid colour by placing a background there. Black would've worked nice here.
The yellow on the flowers are a bit blown out. When taking a photo - rather underexposed than overexposed. Underexposed photos can still be worked on, but when the are blown out - nothing much you can do.
You can always try to change the angle of the shot as well - maybe get the bee on the purple flower in focys and use DOF to get the yellow flowers in the background. This will draw the viewers attention to the bee.
Lastly let me say this - although this is a good effort, you must always remember that there are thousands of flower shots out there. People will compare your flower shots to others (maybe they just paged through a gardening magazine etc) and this will influence your rating. You need to do something above the ordinary for your flower shot to stand out. Voters at DPC like to see Clear, Sharp, colourful images.
Nice idea. You will probably get a lot of feedback about the sharpness of the bee. DPC loves tack sharp photos, which of course are difficult to produce.
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