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Bumble Bee
Bumble Bee
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-01 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Dunedin railway station
Date: Jan 24, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1250 second
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2007

I was in Dunedin for a work trip and had some time to spare so I thought I'd take the camera and see what I could find. I found this fella in the gardens of the railway station. I also found out that I don't get any inpiration for shooting buildings ;)

Editing Steps:
Convert from RAW at -2,-1,0 exposures
HDR and Tone Map in Photomatix
Neat Image
Rotate
Crop
Curves
Auto levels
Hue/Saturation on reds
Resize
Sharpen tool on bee
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 111 out of 559
Avg (all users): 6.1384
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 6.1008
Avg (non-participants): 6.3000
Views since voting: 823
Views during voting: 208
Votes: 159
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2007 12:50:10 AM
great clear macro...shame about the wings being damaged
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02/06/2007 03:09:27 PM
What happened to the bee's wings?
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02/06/2007 04:39:54 AM
Very bold beautiful colors to that flower, the bee almost gets lost in them. Excellent, excellent detail to this macro. Great job!
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02/05/2007 02:35:27 PM
Nice capture...love the detail (8)
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02/05/2007 01:58:09 AM
Nice colours but looks slightly out of focus to me. No real detail in the bumble bee. Would have been much better had you perhaps waited for specimen with a nice set of wings as this one has clearly seen the wars.
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02/03/2007 10:25:00 AM
This poor bee looks as if it's been through some hard times: those shredded wings!
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02/02/2007 03:55:24 PM
Fantastic macro. (No voting, just commenting)
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02/02/2007 01:35:59 PM
He has broken wings, nice close up.
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02/01/2007 04:59:34 PM
cool macro!
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02/01/2007 11:47:21 AM
Love the colors!
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02/01/2007 06:15:31 AM
Exquisite macro!
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