DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Landing Pod
Landing Pod
buzzrock


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Insects (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: my yard
Date: Sep 7, 2003
Date Uploaded: Sep 7, 2003

I know the bee is outta focus, but I still liked the colors and composition in the shot--

Taken with a +10 closeup filter ( So I could be a little farther away)--

I chose to shoot apertury Prioraty at f/2.8, in hindsight I should have upped the ap to around 4 or 5, cause it was almost impossible to get a clear shot and focus on the bee with that thin of DOF--

But I wanted to play along, so I submitted this--

Statistics
Place: 61 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.7635
Avg (commenters): 5.7143
Avg (participants): 5.5275
Avg (non-participants): 6.1404
Views since voting: 747
Votes: 148
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
09/14/2003 08:00:51 PM
Beautiful composition. I love the very out of focus background and the beautiful pink of the flower. If the bug was in focus, too, you'd have a winner here in my opinion, but it is not in focus. I wonder what camera settings you used, I've started to use shutterpriority more and more for these shots because getting a certain shutterspeed is crucial to getting the insect in focus and in the end that's what it's all about. Higher ISO sometimes also does the trick if your camera allows it. I got to repeat it though, I do like the composition and framing :)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/14/2003 06:34:19 PM
The bee suffers from motion blur due to a shutter speed too slow to freeze motion. It would also be a more powerful bee image if the flower was mostly cropped out. I can tell that this image was over-sharpened to try to compensate for the blur.
09/11/2003 05:19:09 AM
Nice coloring and composition.
09/09/2003 08:08:52 PM
The bee seems a bit soft..
09/09/2003 06:26:50 AM
nice bee and nice clover - the angle of the shot is interesting
09/08/2003 01:23:17 PM
Nice worker bee profile. Excellant colors and background. Beautiful all the way around.
09/08/2003 05:11:06 AM
Great shot.. but a pity the flower took the attention off the bee..
:o) still a 7 for me
09/07/2003 11:25:06 PM
Nice bee shot. Looks like focus point is slightly in front of the bee, but colours and compostion are attractive.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/12/2025 12:36:07 AM EDT.