Assignment Macro: Bee

[Alfred Forns]

Trying to frame with bg rather than isolating

Comments welcome and much appreciated

Canon 1DMk2
180 macro
f 8.0 1/500
ISO 400
Av +2/3

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Exposure and focus point are spot-on. Nice HA and catch-light in eye. Only wish both antenna were up (thats a joke - ha, ha). Great close-up, well done.

Beep-Out

[Alfred Forns]

... good one Beep Might think strange but I do look for antenna and leg positions :) .. don't always get them and particularly try with flies !!!

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

The bee is very sharp with great details. I like the pose of the bee doing its daily routine. Also like the flower in the background, help telling more about the environment.

[Desmond Chan]

Agree with the details and exposure. I would be tempted to do something to the flower in the background though (I'm not saying to get rid of it). The bee just looks so good !

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Desmond Not sure what else could be done to the flower but basically it is the entire basis for the image. I got lots of bees on flowers and trying incorporating the surroundings.

If you got suggestions let me know but all I was trying for was enough dof for the fly and be able to blur the flower.

[Lance Peters]

Mighty Impressive bee - tack sharp - Like the composition - BG flower doesnt bother me - fell it adds to the image.

[Harold Davis]

i like it i like it i like it! the duo toned bg is sweeeet. the framing from the bg flower is a great idea. i was trying the same thing with some bfs. will post later. gotta work on em! the fancy shadow box frame actually adds to this.

[Gus Cobos]

This is one sweet image Mr. Forns...I like it as presented...well done....:cool:

[Ron Boisvert]

Hi Alfred, I love the detail in the bee and the sharp flower stem, and often prefer more complex images with a complementary background subject like your second flower. The smooth background and colors send it over the top for me. I really like your image a lot!! Maybe you and Fabs will have to become Avian/BugScapes or something like that. Your bug images are very special in my opinion. Thanks for sharing them!! I can't wait to see the next one.

[Alfred Forns]

... I like that Ron Bugscapes.com :)

[Richard Waas]

Great job Al. I like the background flower. Also like the framing, I never think of that..... Congrats Mr. Bugscape

[Bob Miller]

really love the bee sharpness and the bg flower doesn't bother me at all...it acts as a nice repeating shape

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Really sharp. Love the BG too Al.