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Bee on Lavender


Bee on Lavender
Photo Information
Copyright: Alan Cassidy (accassidy) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 155 W: 117 N: 514] (1946)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08-02
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D80, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 Macro EX DG HSM, Digital ISO 200, 72mm UV
Exposure: f/8, 1/180 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-02 6:54
Viewed: 259
Points: 3
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I have been stuck in the office most of the day. Not good for a Sunday in August. Then I saw a Holly Blue outside and went hunting for it. But the butterfly had gone. I consoled myself with a Lavender bush (Lavandula sp.) in the garden that is a Mecca for bees of several sorts.

This was the best I could get in a short session. The image has been cropped and resized for TN, with some sharpening after shrinking.
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To nglen: Soft Wingtipsaccassidy 1 08-02 11:19
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Hi Alan,
I like the composition and the action of the bee on the flower. Unfortunately the photo isn't sharp. I am not sure if it was caused by the crop or that you just didn't focus it correctly. Maybe you can still recover some of the details by adding sharpness on the spots where it is needed.
TFS,
Niek

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2907 W: 34 N: 8619] (32124)
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Hi Alan. I myself would say this was sharp with good detail just a soft in the wing tips. But taken with warm natural colours. I can see all of the hairs on the body. well done TFS.
Nick..

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