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Postby Murray1006 on Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:39 pm

Here are a few of my bee shots taken just before Winter set in. All were shot with my 60mm macro lens in my back garden.

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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:41 pm

A beautiful reminder of warmer days. I really like #2 Murray - the colour and composition are spot on.
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Postby Nnnnsic on Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:44 pm

All are great but that first one is a cracker. :up:
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Postby big pix on Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:08 am

Stop shooting bees now........ let me catch up as I have not had my macro very long....... great capture on all........
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Postby Steffen on Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:26 am

Nnnnsic wrote:All are great but that first one is a cracker. :up:


Agreed. Would you care to comment on the lighting in the first shot?

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Postby Murray1006 on Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:51 am

Steffen wrote:
Nnnnsic wrote:All are great but that first one is a cracker. :up:


Agreed. Would you care to comment on the lighting in the first shot?

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Lighting is simply my flash in the hot shoe with a Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce attached to soften and throw some light down in front of the lens. The black background is due to the fast shutter and small aperture ( 200sec, f/16 ) so no ambient light enters the shot, only flash light.
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Postby marcotrov on Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:09 am

All images are sharp Murray. Love the lighting in the shots. I like #1(for its sense of movement and dark background that highlights the subject - I would however be tempted to experiment with tighter cropping on this one removing some of the OOF stamens on the left side and space on top) and #2 it has a certain elegance and I like the OOF background here too that enables subject isolation with a hint of the environment.
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Postby Murray1006 on Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:48 am

marcotrov wrote:All images are sharp Murray. Love the lighting in the shots. I like #1(for its sense of movement and dark background that highlights the subject - I would however be tempted to experiment with tighter cropping on this one removing some of the OOF stamens on the left side and space on top) and #2 it has a certain elegance and I like the OOF background here too that enables subject isolation with a hint of the environment.
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Thanks Marco. I had a tighter crop of the first ready to post but decided not to. The bee certainly looks better and more detailed but the shot seemed to lack something. Not sure if it was a lack of depth or something else, but I preferred the wider view. I'll post the tighter crop when I get home tonight to see if you agree with me.
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Postby Murray1006 on Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:44 pm

Murray1006 wrote:
marcotrov wrote:All images are sharp Murray. Love the lighting in the shots. I like #1(for its sense of movement and dark background that highlights the subject - I would however be tempted to experiment with tighter cropping on this one removing some of the OOF stamens on the left side and space on top) and #2 it has a certain elegance and I like the OOF background here too that enables subject isolation with a hint of the environment.
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Thanks Marco. I had a tighter crop of the first ready to post but decided not to. The bee certainly looks better and more detailed but the shot seemed to lack something. Not sure if it was a lack of depth or something else, but I preferred the wider view. I'll post the tighter crop when I get home tonight to see if you agree with me.


Here it is.

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Postby CraigVTR on Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:50 pm

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I like the tighter crop of the bee. A fantastic shot.
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Postby Manta on Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:07 pm

Geez Murray - gorgeous daughter and a gorgeous bee? You've got it all!
Outstanding work.

Leigh stole my favourite critique comment "All are great but number (insert shot number here) is a cracker!"

(I also agree that No1 is the winner)

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Postby petermmc on Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:54 pm

All great shots. Sharp as...

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