Bees are very challenging (having struggled with them myself this summer). It would have been a 10 if the bee were in focus, but he is too soft for my liking. Nice positioning though.
Woah - the bee's wings look purple. Is that a result of altering the Hue/Saturation? I love the colors on the bee and flower, too bad the wings got altered as well. great shot though. shedonist 8
You picked up really nice colors on the bumble bee and I like the light streaming up from the bottom. Just a wee outta focus, unfortunately that distracts from the picture.
If you are from the Atlanta, Georgia area that is not a bee!! That is a YELLOW JACKET which BULLDOGS love to eat. If it had been a BULLDOG it would have been a 10 even if it was fuzzy. But since it's a yellow jacket with a fuzzy head it is only an 8. Forgetting the school riveraly it really is a good picture but still and 8. PTL
That is one furry bee. They're tough to focus, aren't they? Nice bright colours. Must have played with the saturation quite a bit to get this effect. Good show. Jacko 7
i love bug shots! (i bet you are not hearing this very often here ;) challenge -- met technical -- the focus seems to be a little stronger on the flower than on the bee. a difficult thing to get right with the shallow DOF that digital cameras have in macro mode. i like the plain but not totally uniform background. overall colors are great, the purple tinge of the wings is nicely complemented by the flower. composition -- great. outside of this challenge, i would clone out those green bits at the bottom of the flower. good shot -- gr8photos
Beautiful colours (especially the wings the same colour as the flower). I'm wondering if you've blurred it a little, or if it was just a touch out of focus...
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