Looong-horned bee

Critiques [Translate]

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2006-05-18 5:07]

Hello Monika,
this is a very fine macro shot. Excellent details and good tones of colours. A great capture, very well done. TFS.
Gr.
Heinz

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• soccer (2557)
• [2006-05-18 5:14]

Monika,

This is a great pic with excellent Comp, DOF, BG, Sharpness, detail and an unbelievable POV. Keep up the excellent work! TFS,
Sheriff

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• gari (149)
• [2006-05-18 5:28]

Hola Monika.Buen primer plano y enfoque.El POV,excelente.Felicidades.Saludos.

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• Janice (18832)
• [2006-05-18 5:36]

Monika, I love your Looong-horned bee, what a super composition and POV. He's looking right at you too, posing, it is a beautiful portrait.
11/10 points from me to yooooou...
Janice

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• jcoowanitwong (13754)
• [2006-05-18 5:38]

Hello Monika,
Very attractive picture. Superb quality. TFS
JC

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• eruyanik (5046)
• [2006-05-18 5:45]

Great portrait of this bee! Amazing species with superb pov again. Shallow dof is worked wonderful here! so bg is wonderful too. I like all the frame a lot.
VERY WELL DONE!
Ersin

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• ramthakur (56953)
• [2006-05-18 5:52]

Superb portrait, Monika! I just can't stop myself admiring it.
What a fantastic POV, DOF and sharpness! I feel as if this fellow is going to hop on to my face next.
Thanks for sharing this great image.

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• Kaszek (1451)
• [2006-05-18 5:54]
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Witaj Moniko!
Wydaje mi sie, ze to Eucera longicornis. Kornutka dlugoczulkowa. Bardzo rzadki okaz podobno. Ale Ty go znalazlas :) Swietne zdjecie. Bardzo dobra kompozycja i tlo. Brawo!

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• deud (2540)
• [2006-05-18 6:43]

wow! great close-up. amazing details, focus, colors. nice supporting note. very well presented. tfs

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• scottevers7 (12309)
• [2006-05-18 7:37]

Hi Monika,
Excellent macro,
I really like the face to face POV you have here. Beautiful saturated colors and tack sharp detail. In a stare down contest, I don't think this guy will blink first. Looks great!
Scott

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-05-18 7:43]

Hi Monika, another excellent close up you have capture, Perfct colors, Bg, pov, Deatl are crisp, Great work, TFS kyle

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• marhowie (486)
• [2006-05-18 8:37]

Hi Monika,
This is an excellent head shot!
Perfect DOF, color, detail, and exposure.
Bg is very nice, as well as the comp.
Very well done!!

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• SkyF (8073)
• [2006-05-18 8:41]

Hello Monika,
very nice close up of this bug. Love the POV and colors. Lovely sharp details, well presented.
TFS..Sky

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• marmottelolo (14697)
• [2006-05-18 9:33]

bonjour monika
une tel qualité de photo avec ce genre d'appareil,c'est remaquable.couleurs netteté et details impeccables.
laurent

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• shirgold (2748)
• [2006-05-18 9:38]

Hi Monika,
I like this very much.
Your usage of shallow DOF is good - it is spot on the insect's head and created a very nice and soft area around the insect.
I am not sure but the image looks just a bit too dark, might be worth to try increasing the exposure or changing the levels a bit.
TFS - Shir

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• Runnerduck (1851)
• [2006-05-18 9:51]

Blimey, great shot! An excellent composition with stunning detail. As well as this being an excellent macro it also has a really great feel to it, think it's probably the strong colours. Thanks for posting :-)

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• Aramok (5166)
• [2006-05-18 10:30]

What a stunning POV and excellent capture. I love the little 'fingers' at the front of the leaf.

great detail.

TFS

Emma

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• MojoUK (1479)
• [2006-05-18 12:47]

Hi Monika,

A stunning head on encounter with this wee beastie. Great POV, composition and good control over DOF.

TFS.

Regards, Mark.

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• wishnugaruda (19365)
• [2006-05-18 12:57]

Hi Monika,
beautiful shot, I love the sharpness of the face and antennas against the soft background. A perfect 3D-effect, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• liziafa (1231)
• [2006-05-18 13:51]

Witaj,
KAPITALNE zdjecie!!! Piekny okaz, GO, kadr, kolory i ostrosc.
WSZYSTKO BDB!!!!!!!
Pozdrawiam Malgosia

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• extramundi (13178)
• [2006-05-18 15:43]

HI Monika, I wish I had taken this one to include it in my mutual curiosity series :)
Excellent POV and very nice DOF too with great saturated colour. A nice work, very well done.

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• dew77 (13270)
• [2006-05-18 16:57]

Hello Monika!
Excellent close up.It,s crisp clear and razorsharp.Exposure is spot on.I liked lighting,framing and composition also a lot.TFS...:-)

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• Wahclellaspirit (299)
• [2006-05-19 0:47]

Hello Monika,
The buzz is all about you today with this post. Incredible sharpness and Depth exhibited in this photo. Beautiful colors and PoV...............
Steve

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• hekcik (1827)
• [2006-05-19 6:13]

Witaj,

DOSKONAŁE!!!

Pozdrowka :-)
Norbert

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• naki (40)
• [2006-05-19 8:39]

Hi Monice,
Your selection of Dof works well here. I loved the way you include the antenneas to the depth of field.
Good composition with sharp details.
Good work.

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• TPAKT (89)
• [2006-05-19 9:11]
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Privet Monika.
2.8? It is very healthy it has turned out!! Anything superfluous. Pleasant for eyes and a qualitative macrophoto.

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2006-05-19 16:35]

Hi Monika,

Beautiful portrait and well done on the composition and details. Excellent work.

Mike

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• jeanpaul (14962)
• [2006-05-19 19:06]

Bonjour Monika
Une merveilleuse photo que cette Jolie longue corne.Très belle composition, les couleurs et le cadrage et les détails sont tous très bons.Très beau BG
Bravo et merci...JP

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• Deeno (110)
• [2006-05-20 5:20]

Niesamowite spojerzenie. Grozny jak Straznik Texasu ;)
Swietne zdjecie. Podobaja mi sie te ostre czulki.

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• aido (4046)
• [2006-05-20 6:54]

Hi Monika,
Greetings from Transylvania! Wow, fantastic shot. I've never seen this bee before either, very unusual. Perfect shot, excellent POV and DOF. Beautiful colours also, nice and sharp, excellent!
Cheers,
Adrian

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• red45 (31094)
• [2006-05-21 13:33]

Hi Monika!
Something new :-) Great POV, face to face portrait, long horns, sharp, clear and big eyes. Focus is spot on, BG blurred. Another perfect photo. And I apprieciate my friend's Lukasz work with ID :-)

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• AnimalExplorer (1997)
• [2006-05-21 15:32]

Awesome front portrait of this 'Long Horned' Bee or whatever it is. The subject looks great centered, it also has a fantastic DOF which emphasizes on the front of the insect with its cool long slender antennae. Perfect lighting. Well done Monika. :)

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• klemmg (1719)
• [2006-05-21 16:39]
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Hi Monika,
you have developed a typical very recognisable style in your pictures, just looking at the pic at a glance and I thought this must be Monika's. Great capture with huge visual impact.
Good control of DOF with the head sharp and the BG nicely blurred. The viewer is focused on the head with the prominent excellently sharp "horns", and the tip of the leaf the bee is sitting on. The V-shape of the horns and the leaf tip nicely repeat, as do the 3 dots of eyes and front part and the three yellow dots in the BG.
Colours are wonderful too, with the yellow-black colours of the bee infront of the nice fresh green of the BG.
Very intesting as well, I have never seen such a bee before. If it is E. longicornis (long horn), you were right on track with your suggested English name.
Excellent post!
Regards,
Gabi

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• RII (2862)
• [2006-05-23 17:35]

Hi Monika.

Woderful macro, excellent capture, great and deep colors,magnific details, very nice composition, I like your point of view and the satured color, is a great photo.

Saludos....RICARDO

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• coasties (28054)
• [2006-05-25 6:05]

Hi Monika

Wow... this is a stunning macro. Excellent POV, so clear too. Well done. Fantastic effort with superb quality.

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• cedryk (5270)
• [2006-05-30 6:47]

Czesc,
Swietny portret. Ostry szczegol, dobre tlo. Swietne, rozproszone swiatlo.
Serdecznosci,
Michal

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• cicindela (9226)
• [2007-02-21 19:04]

Witam ponownie! :)
Kolejne super macro i zarazem porter blonkowki! :) Swietna robota!
Duza glebia ostrosci, ciekawy punkt widzenia i rewelacyjny efekt murowany :)
Duze brawa takze za profesjonalne podejscie do opisu fotki (czy raczej fotek w ogole), nieczesto sie to zdarza :)
Serdecznie pozdrawiam i.. wroce tu wkrotce ponownie ;)
Radek