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Day 7 Bee Balm & Pest (color)
Day 7 Bee Balm & Pest (color)
annig


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: my garden, VT
Date: Jul 7, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 7, 2007

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Comments: 13
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 the color version to my B&W entry for today...now that I see it online, I think I may prefer this one...

This is BeeBalm, aka Monarda didyma, or Bergamot. A member of the same family as CatNip & Mints, and equally as prolific... It is one of the spiciest smelling flowers in the perennial world and a fantastic attractant for hummers & bees

I loved photographing this today b/c it was intoxicating to smell it as I worked :)

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/14/2007 10:21:41 PM
How do you manage to capture such awesome bugs..... I love your bugs and bees.....
I really love this one very much.....
So delicate, so sweet, and O also love the DOF, and I must add this one to my favorites as well.....

Message edited by author 2007-07-14 22:22:38.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/11/2007 06:32:45 PM
Wow!!! Love the texture here. Wow!!
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Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
 07/11/2007 06:19:53 PM
Wowzers! That could almost be an entry to "nightmares".
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 07/11/2007 12:57:53 AM
I do believe I like this color version better. Not only does that scarab beetle have a metallic sheen, so do the stamens! I would like to see a little more negative space on the left.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko
 07/10/2007 07:40:29 PM
Darn you.
As much as I liked the B&W version of it, this really looks great - especially the green/red together on the underside of the leaves.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/10/2007 10:32:47 AM
you should have saved this for a challenge. :)
sweet shot
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/10/2007 10:28:49 AM
Nice shot and good color on the beetle. Beautiful color and detail on the flower. Nice work.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/10/2007 12:59:08 AM
I like the color version better myself. Poor little beetle. Oh I just got the shivers thinking of the crunch.
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Pentax K-30
Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL WR
 07/08/2007 11:03:29 PM
I see what you mean by electric colour!...lol. Have you tried a little selective desat on just the greens and maybe the yellows?
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/08/2007 09:40:44 AM
very nice too.
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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/08/2007 09:34:51 AM
Excellent, Anni- I love how you positioned it in the frame. The damn beetles are out- I hate them !!!! Nice iridescense tho !
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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 07/07/2007 09:50:13 PM
Love the colors - very fun image!!
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 07/07/2007 06:54:37 PM
Wonderful!!! I like this one in color!!!
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