Hiya..
Welcome to DPC.. .
I'm going through all the new DPCers and dropping a comment each for all that's joined from recently..
Hope you have a pleasent stay here.. :)
Cheers
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Ok. think you've got enough comments on the size..
You've got some nice B/W post-processing here..
keep it up..
may not be fitting for the challenge.. but ohh well. :)
Images the size of a postage stamp dont' score well with me, and this one has the added disadvantage of not even attempting to meet the 'from the ground up' persective as challenged (unless bees have taken to flying on their sides). All of which is a shame because I think this is probably a beautiful photo. The colors work extremely well, it appears to be in perfect focus, the composition is excellent, and you captured the bee at the perfect moment. Really I would like to kick you for making me vote low on such a nice photo. Good effort.
Is there any detail in the bee? In the flowers? How can you even tell when the picture is so small? You may have made the minimum, but you should strive for the maximum that will fit on a screen - and for a horizontal shot, that means 640 pixels.