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Busy Bee
Busy Bee
diablo2097


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Challenge: Shallow DOF III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 for Canon
Location: Sky High, Mt Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Date: Jan 26, 2007
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jan 26, 2007

 Went to Sky High in Mt Dandenong today, highly recommend it to anyone in melbourne. There was a lavender patch, and so i thought I'd try out the new macro lens. First time I've used the macro lens for insect shots. Taken in bright sunlight, so lighting wasn't an issue. Still new to insect photography, so the photo was taken from not from as close as I would have liked, so i needed to crop a bit to get a nicer pic. Next time I hope to be a bit braver and be able to get a full frame picture which i don't need to crop.

PP - probably the least I've done for some time lol
- RAW conversion with +.7 exposure comp
- curves for overall contrast
- selective colour working on yellows to get the bee more as a focus
- DPC resize+sharpen

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 413
Avg (all users): 5.9777
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
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Views since voting: 991
Views during voting: 246
Votes: 179
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/05/2007 01:58:27 AM
beautiful soft colors, if resolution is high enough i'd crop a little on the left
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 02/02/2007 06:52:56 PM
I like this. There is enough DOF to pretty much keep the bee in focus. Nice colors, too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/02/2007 03:53:44 PM
Bees are so ellusive.... nice job keeping the its head and the flowers in focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/01/2007 08:30:38 PM
Great use of DOF! I love it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/31/2007 06:29:11 PM
Lovely..... great detail on the bee.....
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 01/31/2007 04:17:43 AM
nicely done
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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