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Flight of the Bumblebee
Flight of the Bumblebee
martinturner


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2008-09 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Lanhydrock National Trust House and Garden
Date: Sep 11, 2008
Aperture: f5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 15, 2008

 Shot in a National Trust Garden in Cornwall. Taken with my Nikon D40 and Sigma 105mm macro lens. A bit tricky as the lens is manual focus only on the D40 as it lacks a motor in the body. Fast shutter speed and many photos later ...

Statistics
Place: 212 out of 430
Avg (all users): 5.6688
Avg (commenters): 8.3333
Avg (participants): 5.6667
Avg (non-participants): 5.6731
Views since voting: 922
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 154
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 10/08/2008 02:06:50 PM
remarkable capture. how could this score under 6?
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K-3
Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW
 10/07/2008 10:25:36 PM
Bumble should have listened to everyone, as -- drunk on a few pints of honey that night -- he went head on into a brown-eyed Susan.
Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 10/07/2008 03:33:21 PM
7 - Nice capture and colors. This image grows on you, especially with your good composition.
Fujifilm X-T5
Fujifilm XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR
 10/07/2008 09:48:52 AM
Great moment; love how the bee is almost entirely within the soft focus petal. Soft focus works well here.
Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for Canon
 10/06/2008 10:42:24 PM
I think I can hear the buzz of the wings...really nice capture.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 10/05/2008 04:03:37 PM
10/10
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 10/03/2008 05:58:51 AM
Lovely effect you have here, 8
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 10/01/2008 10:01:04 PM
I want to like this because I see a lot of effort and I know this was a difficult shot to get. Not a lot of sharp focus areas however, it does not lead my eye to either the bee or the flower. I really want to give this one a high vote, (it's better than I could do), but I can't.
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