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Shoot a bee before it shoots you

This is a discussion on Shoot a bee before it shoots you within the Show your photo (Color) - Landscape & Nature (flowers, mountains, storms etc.) forums, part of the Photography & Fine art photography category; I'm sort of into insect nudes, and I hope others are too (uhm...in a photography-oriented way of course). Here's my ...

  1. 01-15-2011, 08:09 AM #1
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    I'm sort of into insect nudes, and I hope others are too (uhm...in a photography-oriented way of course). Here's my bee of the day and also my own analysis of the picture. What do you think?

    My own photo analysis of the bee.

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    Welcome to the forum. This shot is a heck of a start here. Love the wonderful detail in Mr. Bee here.
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    yes it's a beautiful shot. I love the colours. the white and yellow flower make the perfect backdrop. it's too bad that the right wing was clipped a bit but that's a minor nit.
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    Lovely shot here!
    I'm not much into macro/proxi photography but I sure enjoy this one!

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    Great clarity and the DOF helps to give a sense of height for the bee above the flower.
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    a terrific shot, crisp with good lighting, but it's not a bee. It's a hover fly.
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    Thanks for the feedback. But hear this, it's not actually a bee, it's a fly, specifically a Syrphidae Syrphus Ribesii. What a man can learn on a saturday evening,hehe. I'm just glad I'm not a biologist at this point.

    Bambi; Agree that the clipped wing could/should have ben avoided.
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