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Native Bee
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 47 Steps (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2009 Challenges
Camera: Canon Power Shot SX10 IS
Location: Ballarat, Vic. Australia
Date: Nov 5, 2009
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Nov 8, 2009

 From my front door 35 steps N, 6 steps W, 6 steps SSE and I was jammed into this Diosma bush and surrounded by a cloud of native bees (non-stingers) which hover and flit about very fast, alighting on flowers only briefly before taking off again. This one stayed still long enough to be photographed.
Crop, duplicate layer, brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, variations - more cyan, blend mode lighten, reduce noise, flatten, image size, usm, border, stw.

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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 08/20/2014 04:16:54 PM
They may not be stinging bees but I wouldn't want to anger one of them. Love the shallow depth of field.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D300s
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 11/15/2009 09:01:52 PM
So still. Greens are a little whacked, wish the purples were more present
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 11/15/2009 07:39:32 AM
Beautiful
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/14/2009 12:38:29 PM
nice rule of thirds and shallow dof. 7
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 11/09/2009 07:00:32 PM
nice nature shot, harmony
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/09/2009 03:04:24 AM
You are a brave soul to get close to a bee, so you deserve one extra point just for that. lol Pretty flowers. Your composition is well executed. I like the way my eye is first on the flowers but then follows those flowers right down to the bee. Good work.
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