morris wrote:
These sting Roberta. Oh I mean there great. For the first, how do you feel about cropping out the OOF flower?
Morris
Thanks Morris ! I do like the splash of orange , but maybe cropping about 1/2 the flower out might make it work better. I will play with it, thanks for the suggestion.
These sting Roberta. Oh I mean there great. For the first, how do you feel about cropping out the OOF flower?
Morris
birdied wrote:
Thanks Morris ! I do like the splash of orange , but maybe cropping about 1/2 the flower out might make it work better. I will play with it, thanks for the suggestion.
Birdie
Don't you dare Birdie. The OOF makes the image happen. The flower another world, the bee/insect an explorer.
That has to 'bee'the sharpest and fastest focusing 300 lens of all time Birdie.
These are stunning IF shots, there are many who don't get this kind of sharpness on still subjects (I am one of them).
Exposures are great, PP work is top notch here IMO.
#1 don't touch a thing, great depth top to bottom, the flower under explains the colored glow on the underside of the bee, this has a out of this world feel to it............Love it
#2 crispy sweet!
#3 not sure on all the space above on this one?
#4 fuzzy-licious
Oh my Birdie, these are outright marvelous 1 is super cool in my book.
Tim
Thanks so much Tim. I do appreciate it.
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davidearls wrote:
These are great, Birdie. I really like the second and third.
Always glad to see an FM'er where the Birds and the Bees still show up
Thanks David !
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surfnron wrote:
These are da bomb Birdie. All are tack sharp with great detail ~ Ron
Much appreciated Ron, thank you.
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Tom In Arizona wrote:
Hi Birdie...
Your photography always amazes me, but these are definitely "the bee's knees."
Beautiful work!
Thanks
Tom
Tom, thanks so much for the very kind words.
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plsand wrote:
Hi -
The same,as usual, Great - Wish that you would add the Hows
Thanks - Paul
Hi Paul ! I'm sure there are many ways to shoot these,but I do the following:
I start with a bee on a flower and focus on it. I just watch the bee and try and anticipate when it is going to fly from the flower. If you watch them often and long enough you can get a feel for their patterns of going a round a flower , etc.
I do my best to follow it when it leaves the flower and approaches another one. Believe me there are more out of focus shots and deleted ones than there are keepers On rare occasion you can get a bee that is hovering above a flower .
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phoenix7gtm wrote:
Words fail me. These are superb.
triggermike wrote:
All are great, but really love #1 as-is. I think the OOF flower leaves you with a sense the bee just launched from there!
Thanks so much Mike. It actually did launch from that flower.
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Ted ellis wrote:
These sting Roberta. Oh I mean there great. For the first, how do you feel about cropping out the OOF flower?
Morris
Don't you dare Birdie. The OOF makes the image happen. The flower another world, the bee/insect an explorer.
Thanks Ted, I'm glad you like it
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Karl Witt wrote:
That has to 'bee'the sharpest and fastest focusing 300 lens of all time Birdie.
These are stunning IF shots, there are many who don't get this kind of sharpness on still subjects (I am one of them).
Exposures are great, PP work is top notch here IMO.
#1 don't touch a thing, great depth top to bottom, the flower under explains the colored glow on the underside of the bee, this has a out of this world feel to it............Love it
#2 crispy sweet!
#3 not sure on all the space above on this one?
#4 fuzzy-licious
Super set Birdie!
Karl
Karl, appreciate it so much. Glad you like them. on number three could not bring myself to cut off the tops of the flowers
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marklankton wrote:
Birdie, these are wonderful.
Mark
Thank you so much Mark.
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jeffryscott wrote:
Number 1 is stunning, as are the others, but the first one is truly special!
Jeffry, thank you !
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Carolyn681 wrote:
Birdie, These are so beautiful, they bring tears to my eyes!
Carolyn
Carolyn, greatly appreciate it. So glad you like them.
1 is super cool in my book.
