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Congratulations to birdied for winning Feature Thread of the Week with 3 votes - View Previous Winners


Planted several varieties of sunflowers this year. The bees are really enjoying the pollen.


As always you nits, crits and suggestions are most appreciated and helpful .

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there.

Thank you for looking and I hope you find something to make you smile.

Birdie




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6. The First Stamen on the sunflower It produces the pollen the bees seek






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Jun 16, 2019 at 04:18 PM
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p.1 #2 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


The macros queen strikes again
Bravo
Some lovely colors and compositions there Birdie.voted.

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Jun 16, 2019 at 05:26 PM
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p.1 #3 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Hey Birdie, your comps on these are excellent in my eyes
I prefer #8 over #7, however if you shaved off more of the bottom of #7 it would be a tie........I think
#6 sweet, above center, slightly to the right, that is perfect for me!
#5 amazing use of space and impressive selection of focus, this one is spot on
#4 nice OOF BG to fill the bottom, falling pollen is magical, excellent image!
#3 not sure how you got all that sharpness at 400mm but it is quite impressive
#2 crazy cool, dead nuts center and it works
#1 has a great feel to it, colors are wonderful, sharp on that Beeeeee.

Karl



Jun 16, 2019 at 06:47 PM
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p.1 #4 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


A great set, Birdie, as always!


Jun 16, 2019 at 07:04 PM
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p.1 #5 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


^^ yep, what Bobby said. You never disappoint. Marvelous images!


Jun 16, 2019 at 08:07 PM
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p.1 #6 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


You have outdone yourself Roberta. This set is a delight to view

Morris



Jun 16, 2019 at 08:24 PM
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p.1 #7 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


#2 looks like a Klingon freighter heading into a nebula.

Or something like that lol

All really nice shots.



Jun 16, 2019 at 09:19 PM
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p.1 #8 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Impressive images, especially #4 and #5. Are these all natural light shots?

-Phil



Jun 16, 2019 at 10:54 PM
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p.1 #9 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Wonderful series Birdie - esp like #2 &3

Brian V.



Jun 17, 2019 at 12:30 AM
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p.1 #10 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Awesome color and detail on the set!
The interaction with the honey bee makes it interesting



Jun 17, 2019 at 01:00 AM
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p.1 #11 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Awesome.


Jun 17, 2019 at 01:35 AM
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p.1 #12 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Birdie,

Excellent colour coordination of bee and flower!

You do very well with DOF at f6.3.

I love your choice of the single stamen.

Harold



Jun 17, 2019 at 01:49 AM
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p.1 #13 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Awesome set of images Birdie!


Jun 17, 2019 at 07:34 AM
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p.1 #14 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Really loving this series Birdie! the image number 7 is my instant favorite, donīt ask me why, but my eyes focused on it for long enough time!


Jun 17, 2019 at 10:04 AM
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p.1 #15 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


a very cool series Birdie. Excellent work.


Jun 17, 2019 at 10:43 AM
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p.1 #16 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


kdacharya wrote:
The macros queen strikes again
Bravo
Some lovely colors and compositions there Birdie


KD, you are so very kind , thank you.

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Karl Witt wrote:
Hey Birdie, your comps on these are excellent in my eyes
I prefer #8 over #7, however if you shaved off more of the bottom of #7 it would be a tie........I think
#6 sweet, above center, slightly to the right, that is perfect for me!
#5 amazing use of space and impressive selection of focus, this one is spot on
#4 nice OOF BG to fill the bottom, falling pollen is magical, excellent image!
#3 not sure how you got all that sharpness at 400mm but it is quite impressive
#2 crazy cool, dead nuts center and it works
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Karl, I truly appreciate the detailed comments. You teach me so much . You have a marvelous eye and great talent for teaching .

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bobbytan wrote:
A great set, Birdie, as always!


Thanks you so very much Bobby.

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Fred Amico wrote:
^^ yep, what Bobby said. You never disappoint. Marvelous images!


Fred, greatly appreciated, thank you.

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morris wrote:
You have outdone yourself Roberta. This set is a delight to view

Morris


I consider that high praise coming from you Morris, thanks so very much.

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egd5 wrote:
#2 looks like a Klingon freighter heading into a nebula.

Or something like that lol

All really nice shots.


It reminds me of the Elton John song, - " This is Major Tom to ground control ... "

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PhilPDX wrote:
Impressive images, especially #4 and #5. Are these all natural light shots?

-Phil


Thank you very much Phil. All are natural light except the last 3 macros with extension tubes. On those I used flash diffused with the MagMod Magssphere.

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LordV wrote:
Wonderful series Birdie - esp like #2 &3

Brian V.


Greatly appreciate it Brian, thank you.

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hayath wrote:
Awesome color and detail on the set!
The interaction with the honey bee makes it interesting


Thank you . I , too, like the insects with the flowers.


Birdie



Jun 17, 2019 at 12:17 PM
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p.1 #17 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Stunning! What pleasure viewing these.


Jun 18, 2019 at 12:23 AM
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p.1 #18 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Beautiful work and great catches!


Jun 18, 2019 at 08:05 AM
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p.1 #19 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Birdie

Incredible work, can't stop looking at them!

Greg



Jun 18, 2019 at 08:11 AM
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p.1 #20 · The Glorious Sunflowers and Bees


Birdie, your images are not only superb technically but a feast to the eyes! YGMV!

Joshua



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