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Challenge: Extended Free Study 2021-04 (Extended Editing)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro
Date: Apr 27, 2021
Aperture: 4.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: May 10, 2021

 There are lots of things technically off about this. Should have used more DOF and a faster shutter speed to get more bee wing in the picture and maybe get the flower in focus and more detail in the highlights. But, to be fair, I was photographing a flower in front of this one a split second before and wasn't expecting the bee. Crime of opportunity. And I love the yellow diagonal "path" bordered by the green, so I couldn't bring myself to crop this into a more stereotypical rule of thirds composition. So be it.

PP - converted from RAW, slight crop, resized, Topaz Sharpen AI

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 33
Avg (all users): 5.1852
Avg (participants): 4.9333
Avg (non-participants): 5.5000
Views since voting: 114
Views during voting: 62
Votes: 27
Comments: 2
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AuthorThread
 05/22/2021 06:49:46 AM
Understandable, and all the more charming for it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/15/2021 12:46:36 PM
The leg seems to be in focus but the rest is already getting blurry.
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