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Busy bee in colour

Postby MCWB on Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:43 pm

Here's the shot I decided on for the competition. I perfer it in colour somehow. :)

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Thoughts, criticisms? Anything I overdid in post processing? Anything appreciated, cheers! :)
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Postby bago100 on Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:48 pm

Your picture of the bee enveloped by subtle petal shades of pinks and reds is nature at its best.

You are right IMHO, it does look much better in colour.
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Postby Killakoala on Sat Dec 04, 2004 4:20 pm

I feel it's got about 10% too much sharpening. There is a bit of jpg 'artefacting' on the very edges of the petals especially on those on the left. Otherwise it looks good.

The red is very intense. i wonder if you could play with a curve to adjust the brightness a little bit, to give it a little bit more contrast, just to make the whites/brights stand out a bit more....just a thought or two.
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Postby kipper on Sat Dec 04, 2004 4:29 pm

It's a nice photo, however imho the subject is a little bit underexposed (fill flash?).
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Postby MCWB on Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:38 pm

Thanks for the critiques guys, much appreciated! I'm still getting used to processing RAW and using PS, still lots of learning still to do. :) Thanks again!
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