Gold-green Sweat Bee on Dandelion Flower

Critiques [Translate]

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• fyapici (6105)
• [2006-09-14 7:45]

Hi Ricardo.
You have done a perfect one again my friend. I like the details of fly and the flower. They are very crisp, clean and sharp. Very useful note like that you have done it always.
TFS. With my best wishes and regards. Greetings.

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• scottevers7 (12253)
• [2006-09-14 8:15]

Hi Ricardo,
An excellent macro. Beautiful rich color saturation and sharp detail. Amazing DOF for f5.0. I think the overall composition and framing is excellent. Great informative notes too.
Scott

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• goutham_ramesh (8451)
• [2006-09-14 9:02]
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Hi Ricardo,
Interesting picture, the color yellow of the flower and the colors of bee makes the bee stand out. i like the composition though i feel you should have traded off your 1/1000 sec TV to a higher F-value for a better DOF
TFS
Goutham R

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• horia (12150)
• [2006-09-14 9:08]

Hi Ricardo

This is a very beautiful shot. I really like it. It has some very nice features that i didn'y see on the others...at least no tthat well :)
The POV is great, the detaisl very sharp and the colros very beautiful. I like the shape of the bee's head and its antennas and also the curled staminas from the flower very much. Great job!

Bravo, my friend, and TFS
Horia

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• wallhalla15 (13787)
• [2006-09-14 9:28]

Hello Ricardo,
I think this is a Alien-bee. ;-))
This is a great macro. Brilliant colours, lighting and very nice bg! Excellent sharpness, POV and composition too. I like your picture very much. Thank your for posting my friend.
Gr.
Heinz

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• Hay_kes (3074)
• [2006-09-14 9:30]

Hi Ricardo,
Great macro and compotition too . excellent job !
Regards.

hAyAti

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• nimou (3153)
• [2006-09-14 9:55]

Que colores por dios, impresionante este bicho, nunca visto ricardo. Un saludo

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• jcoowanitwong (11461)
• [2006-09-14 9:57]

Hi Ricardo,
An excellent shot. My first time to see a green bee. Very well composed and framed. TFS.
JC

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• massougareux (824)
• [2006-09-14 10:16]

buenos días ricardo, encuentro a su mosca muy original ya que no es todos los días que los se ven verde! Buena colores ansi que claridad. Puede ser que lo hacen detrás la mosca y un poco demasiado claramente. Saludo, Arnaud.

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• eruyanik (4636)
• [2006-09-14 10:17]

Such a beautiful bee you captured Ricardo! So cloooose shot and beautiful composition also. i like its eye and metallic green thorax a lot. With the flower and great bg, great post here!
Thank you mf and best regards,
Ersin

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• Artur (1102)
• [2006-09-14 11:26]
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Hola Ricardo

a very nice (I guess halictid ?) sweat bee ! with colours almost like in coockoo wasps (Chrysidae)

Art

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• batu (10662)
• [2006-09-14 12:06]

Hallo Ricardo,
nice composition and colours. The focus plane is just right, showing details of flower and, of course, of the insect. Light is pretty good managed.
Best wishes, Peter

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• elefantino (13643)
• [2006-09-14 12:11]

Hello mf, great close up really colorfull and rich in details.
Good compo and usefull notes.
I love the details inside the flower and you exposed right.

Andrea

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• osse (7655)
• [2006-09-14 13:32]

Hi Ricardo
Beautiful close-up shot. Great colours, light, sharpnes, DOF and POV.
Well done my friend

osse

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-09-14 15:54]

Hello Ricardo,
a beautiful bright composition. Excellent sharpness and great DOF. The metalic green colors are absolutly beautiful and the details show off so well on the wonderful OOF BG.
Great work
Sky

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• hester (10828)
• [2006-09-14 16:19]

Fascinating colours on the bee and I LOVE the flower details. Great BG and an excellent POV. I like this shot a lot.

Great note as well

TFS

Karan

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• Luis52 (10010)
• [2006-09-14 16:49]

Hola Ricardo.- Muy bella foto tenemos aqui. El color verde metalico de esta pequeña mosca es asombroso. La nitidez y contraste son muy buenos. Felicidades Luis52.

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• saguzar (6567)
• [2006-09-14 17:48]

Hola Ricardo,
Otra visión genial de este hermosísimo insecto. Los detalles son muy buenos, en especial las de las anteras dela flor y los de la abeja-avispa. Lo mejor creo que es la ubicación de cada cosa en la imágen, en el lugar indicado, lo que la hace armoniosa.
Saludos
Hernán

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• jeanpaul (13841)
• [2006-09-14 21:03]

Bonjour Ricardo
C'est un merveilleux macro et les couleurs de cette fleur avec cette belle guêpe a l'abdomen verte est de toute beauté. ,les détails et la composition sont supers.

Merci et au revoir ....JP

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• SunToucher (8606)
• [2006-09-15 2:52]

Hi Ricardo,
I am glad you also mentioned the name of the flower, because it gives me a better idea of the size of the bee. I've never seen this kind before and I am intrigued by its colors. The lighting, colors and details are superb.
TFS,
Niek

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• ddg (4989)
• [2006-09-15 5:38]

Bonjour Ricardo, great macro-shot and gorgeous colors. Perfect lighting on the fly. Sharp where it must be. Regards, Didier.

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• claudine (9647)
• [2006-09-15 6:48]

Hi Ricardo,
This is wonderful! Perfect details along with great composition and very good lightning. Details on this bee (that I never saw before) and the flowers are amazing! This is a wonderful and great picture!

Claudine

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• ramthakur (24045)
• [2006-09-15 11:00]

Very good lateral point of view, giving fine details of the flower and the beautiful golden green bee.
TFS.

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-09-15 14:31]

Hello Ricardo,
Excellent close up.I liked vivid colors,POV,framing,clear details and visual impact a lot.
TFS...:-)

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• wishnugaruda (13860)
• [2006-09-15 16:51]

Hi Ricardo,
wow, what a strange fly.
I love the metallic colour and the beautiful flower. Excellent shot with brilliant colours, very well done, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

PT

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• coasties (27492)
• [2006-09-16 1:57]

Hi Ricardo

This wee fella looks so good in his glossy emerald green armour. Excellent macro. I love the stamen in the flower, they have lovely shapes. Nice work. TFS.

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• Alex99 (14369)
• [2006-09-16 5:14]

Hi Ricardo.
Your pictures force me to regret, that I am very busy and I can not participate in discussion of each of them.

Your next macro shot is excellent. Yellow colours are amazing, BG of the shot, its blurriness and colour palette are superb too. Details of the flower and insect don't demand any comments. Perfect job and my compliments.
Alexei.

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• Janice (17179)
• [2006-09-16 7:02]

Excellent photo of Gold-green Sweat Bee on the Dandelion Flower, Ricardo. I love her colours, the green is quite vibrant. And the dandelion... nice and sharp, good composition, and nicely shown, thank you.
Janice

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• thistle (9152)
• [2006-09-16 7:19]

Hello Ricardo,
These little fellows always look nice on pictures. They are really interesting. What I like about that photo is the composition and colours. You've captred the bee in a very nice pose too.
WELL DONE!

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• extramundi (12682)
• [2006-09-16 8:15]
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Aun me acuerdo de la otra que publicaste, es una abeja realmente bonita, no creo que tengamos cosas asi por aqui, casi todas tienen un color muy aburrido :)
Desde luego para largarle 1/1000 y sin flash, por mucho F5 que le pongas, tenia que caer el sol a plomo para capturar tantos detalles. La composicion con esos estambres tan artisticos esta perfecta.
Ayer un amigo me dejo una F-828 mientras la mia esta a reparar, mañana saldré a probarla a ver que tal ;)
Saludos!

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• liquidsunshine (11474)
• [2006-09-16 9:36]
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Wonderful macro Ricardo,
The details on both the flower and the fly are superb. The bright green looks awesome. Great composition, good sharp detail and well framed.
Good informative notes to accompany this excellent image.
Thanks for posting, have a great weekend.

You always translate your critiques into English, so to return the favour, I will attempt a spanish translation for you!!

Ricardo macro maravilloso, los detalles en la flor y la mosca son magníficos. Las miradas verde intenso impresionantes. La gran composición, el buen detalle agudo y el pozo enmarcaron. Buenas notas informativas para acompañar esta imagen excelente. Las gracias por fijar, tienen un gran fin de semana

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• anavazao (3829)
• [2006-09-16 15:35]
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wow,
já está nos meus favoritos tudo perfeito ... cor, detalhes, composição, luz ....
Desculpa não escrevo muito bem Espanhol! Fica bem Ana:)

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• pauljk (224)
• [2006-09-16 16:53]

Hi Ricardo,
Top capture. The colour in this image is what really makes it for me. Strong and bold limited primarily to just green and yellow...simplified nicely. Composition and sharpness are very good for this tricky type of photography.
TFS
Paul

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• arfer (0)
• [2006-09-16 21:33]

Hello Ricardo

A wonderful macro of this bee.The colours are well saturated. Your DOF and POV are very good.The details and sharpness are impressive.TFS

Rob

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• jmp (8400)
• [2006-09-17 5:10]

Hola Ricardo,
Una foto muy atractiva que inicialmente llama mi atención por los estambres que parecen flotar en la flor, gracias a la ajustada profundidad de campo. Luego está el fondo borroso de un color idóneo para el insecto. y por fín éste, nítido, brillante y tendiendo un puente cromático entre el fondo y la flor. La nota ,como siempre, muy buena.
Un saludo,
José M.

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• marmottelolo (14393)
• [2006-09-17 7:18]

hi ricardo
superbe cette macro,les yeux de cet insecte sont magnifiques,sans parler des couleurs aux reflets metalliques.
formidable.
laurent

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• Graal (4996)
• [2006-09-17 8:59]

Hi Ricardo,
good macro, beautiful colours, fine DOF and sharpness. Interesting note. I like it. Good work.
Gr., Aleksander

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• CTP (3183)
• [2006-09-17 12:55]

Hola Ricardo,
Excellent Bee and flower close-up.
I like your composition,pov,dof,colors,focus,sharpness,framing and note.Gracias Amigo:)
Chris

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• valy67 (5276)
• [2006-09-18 6:27]

Hello Ricardo!
Another great shot from you ! This is really a gorgeous bee, I have never seen it before. I love its beautiful metallic colors very much. The composition and POV are splendid, the colors are wonderful, so bright and vivid, amd the details are excellent. Very well done !
Valerie.

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• markula (870)
• [2006-09-18 8:42]

Hello Ricardo!
At the first look one might think it's a compositional error: the bee is walking out of the image. But I think it's absolutely correct since the picture shows also the beauty of the dandelion flower. I also like the POV, sharpness and, obviously, the colors very much. Muy buen trabajo! Congratulations,
Mark

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• jrubiocasado (5118)
• [2006-09-18 10:34]

Hola Ricardo.
Recibe mis aplausos por esta toma (plas, plas,plas) simplemente genial.
Un saludo

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• izler (7418)
• [2006-09-18 15:30]

hi ricardo
beautiful flower and insect composition. point of view, depth of field, background, light, colours, focus and details are great
tfs
regards
izler

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• pablominto (15388)
• [2006-09-19 2:25]

Hello Ricardo,
A fine close-up of this green bee!
Scenery is very well framed and with good details...
The presentation is good with a nicely composed image... Good lighting giving great colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• sAner (4742)
• [2006-09-19 7:04]

Excellent picture Ricardo. Very nice colors and very sharp details. Well composed. TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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• tozahill (801)
• [2006-09-19 10:52]

Hi Ricardo,Superb macro shot!Perfect detalis,colors,sharpness and composition.Well done.TFS.Hilmi

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• XOTAELE (8)
• [2006-09-19 13:15]

A lo anterior que te han comentado poco hay que añadir... sólo que me gusta la imagen, con la luz incidiendo en la escena iluminando y sacando todo el partido a la abeja y a la flor en todo su detalle.
Saludos Ricardo, JL

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• loot (8931)
• [2006-09-19 19:25]
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Hi Ricardo
For sure I like it and obviously so do many other critiquers. You surely have come a long way with your Powershot. Earlier tonight I was reviewing some of your earlier postings and I can see a tremendous growth in your knowledge, experience, abilities and application. So, isn't that what TN is all about. Great stuff.
This is a brilliant macro with fabulous details. The composition is astonishing, the colours are a joy to behold, and the exposure was perfect.
Great work and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• manyee (19602)
• [2006-09-19 23:33]

Great composition, Ricardo.
I like the way the bee standing on the edge of the flower and looking down into the vast void. The focus and exposure on the insect are perfect, catching lovely details and iridescent colors. I also like the interesting and colorful squiggles that are the stamens of the flower.
A fantastic shot and TFS. : )

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• mikou (5265)
• [2006-09-20 6:28]

Hi Ricardo.
It is indeed very beautiful macro with splendid colour.I like him very much composition and accurate sharpening.It is very, very beautiful.Thanks!!

Greetings Milos

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• peter_stoeckl (9361)
• [2006-09-20 14:04]

Hi Ricardo,
brilliant capture! Wonderful light here. Tiny details and the iridescent colours of that colourful little bee come out perfectly in natural sunlight. Together with the equally well focussed and exposed dandelion in front of a perfectly soft dark background this is a very appealing scene of natural environment - well composed in great beauty. The insect and the main parts of the flower precisely on focus, the shallow depth of field is very well managed here to achieve a soft neutral background. Complete and very well prepared notes, as always from you. Thank you!
Best regards,
Peter

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• pankajbajpai (13572)
• [2006-09-21 11:30]

Beautiful picture. nice composition.the flower is shot in full details and looks heavenly.The floroscent green and brown colour of the insect makes the picture appealing. nice shot with good clarity. one of the best pictures of a flower with insect.
regards

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• EOSF1 (20415)
• [2006-09-24 11:01]
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Very good macro Ricardo, well composed and exposed. Well done !

Mario

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• edal (1837)
• [2006-09-25 15:08]
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Hola Ricardo!
Tremendous colors and sharp focus! Composition is also very nice!
Anton

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• marhowie (34439)
• [2006-09-26 19:57]
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Very nice Ricardo,
You have captured not only the sweat bee with very good detail and color, but the flower as well.
Actually, the flower and bee share equal billing here. And together they make it much greater than their two parts :)
A very pleasing and artistic frame,
Very well done.

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• Necipp (100)
• [2006-10-02 17:49]

Nice interesting photo good write up I like the way the flower matches the flower good composition and detail

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• aido (4038)
• [2006-10-02 18:24]

Hello Ricardo,
Excellent shot, the first thing that strikes me is the illusion that the stamen of the flower are floating :-) Wonderful colours and great detail. Good DOF and an unusual but very effective composition. Great work.
Regards,
Adrian

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• nainnain (6249)
• [2006-10-16 14:25]

hello ami
quel talent!!!
on ne sait plus quelle image choisir de vous car toutes plus jolies les unes que les autres.
celle-ci encore super jolie, tout est magnifique
bravo+++
amitiès
edith

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• AndyB (3978)
• [2006-11-09 17:50]

Hello Ricardo,
This is an excellent macro,you've captured this tiny bee perfectly.
Amazing metallic colours,sharp detail and the flower looks great too.
Very nice indeed.

TFS

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• blakitan (5401)
• [2006-12-12 4:00]

Hola Ricardo,
Great sharpness both on the bee and anthers of the flower. Very nice details. Colors are superb. Very neat blurry BG.
Excellent shot.

Ben Lakitan

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• zumoduvas (2028)
• [2008-05-04 14:19]

Hola Ricardo.

Insecto bien raro y colorido presentas en su flor en una bonita composicion.

Saludos.
Jose Luis.