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A bee on a flower.....

Postby xerubus on Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:44 pm

... for want of a better title. :)

Bit of a quiet day so I thought I would go for a wander around and take some non-PJ type shots. Spring is coming. :)

Comments and critique always welcome. Hope you enjoy.... more to follow later on....

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Postby Dargan on Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:52 pm

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The colours are just stunning 8) and that is on a work monitor. The green(?) lilac and yellow work well together. Not a bad work environment for the bee either as I look at the grey walls I am confined in. Give us some more info ...What kind of macro lens?
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Postby bago100 on Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:55 pm

How about "Bee stings flower" as a title.

I like your photograph, especially the colours.

Please pardon my ignorance but what does "non-PJ" mean?

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Postby xerubus on Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:57 pm

Dargan wrote:Mark

The colours are just stunning 8) and that is on a work monitor. The green(?) lilac and yellow work well together. Not a bad work environment for the bee either as I look at the grey walls I am confined in. Give us some more info ...What kind of macro lens?


didn't end up using my macro lens.... was wandering around with the 70-200vr... f4 200mm 1/320sec

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Postby xerubus on Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:59 pm

bago100 wrote:How about "Bee stings flower" as a title.

I like your photograph, especially the colours.

Please pardon my ignorance but what does "non-PJ" mean?

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sorry mate... bloody made up acronyms :) non-photojournalism ...

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Postby phillipb on Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:00 pm

bago100 wrote:How about "Bee stings flower" as a title.

I like your photograph, especially the colours.

Please pardon my ignorance but what does "non-PJ" mean?

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Photo journalist, either that or he's shooting without his pijamas on. :lol: :lol:
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Postby robboh on Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:50 pm

xerubus wrote:didn't end up using my macro lens.... was wandering around with the 70-200vr... f4 200mm 1/320sec

This is great Mark. Colours of the flower are very vibrant and the bee is crisp as. How much of a crop from the original is this?
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Postby Jamie on Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:59 pm

Brilliant!

To me, well on my monitor anyway, the bee looks slightly out of focus but thats just being very picky.

I love the colours!

Great stuff. :)

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Postby Dargan on Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:03 pm

Dammit another VR snap :roll:
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Postby Slider on Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:05 pm

Great photo Mark. The colours are sensational. Almost like the lilac centre is coming out of fire.
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Postby wendellt on Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:52 am

What a beautiful shot!
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Postby Willy wombat on Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:54 am

phillipb wrote:
Photo journalist, either that or he's shooting without his pijamas on. :lol: :lol:


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Re: A bee on a flower.....

Postby NetMagi on Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:57 am

love the colors and clarity, but for some reason the composition and/or angle makes me dizzy. . just doesn't feel natural
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Postby xerubus on Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:06 am

thankyou for the comments all....

robboh: cropped about 50% off....

jamie: the bee is slightly out of focus... I concentrated mainly on the middle of the flower..

wendellt: it is a common water lilly....

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Postby robboh on Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:43 pm

xerubus wrote:robboh: cropped about 50% off....

Hmm. Id never bothered trying to do any macro-type stuff with either the kit lens or the 70-200VR as I had thought that Id have to crop it majorly to get anything decent. This changes my mind a bit, there is still enough in a 50% crop to get a reasonable 6x4 print. Thanks.
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Postby Dargan on Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:28 pm

If you rotate it 90 degrees right it gives another feel to the image, Netmagi.
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Postby Manta on Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:24 am

Exxxxxxcellent Mark. Clarity is suberb.
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