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    Caleb Royer
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    Default Bee on unbloomed flower

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    I am not sure what kind of bee this is but as for the flower I think it is a Daffodil.

    weather: blue skies
    date: 3/16/2009 around 4:00pm
    camera body: Canon 40D
    lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro USM
    aperture: f/2.8
    shutter speed: 1/320
    ISO: 100
    resolution: 640x800
    size: 135KB

    Critiques are much apprishiated.

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    Julie Kenward
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    Caleb, welcome to the macro/flora forum! Since you're new around here I want to point out the sizing instructions for images right above your post. Read through those and they'll help you get the best size image uploaded. (Yours was 3" x 4" at 187 resolution...it should be more like 7" x 10" at 72 resolution.)

    That said, you have really good clarity on the bee/wasp. (I'm thinking yellow jacket but I'm not sure...) The lighting is nice the way it shows off the pollen on the bee but then you got a bit overexposed on the flower. I went through with my clone tool from Photoshop and set it to "darken" and 60% and went over the areas that were too bright. I also lowered the saturation of the yellows and greens to get them from being quite so fluorescent.

    You're off to a good start...things to keep in mind are to try to get more of the "face" of the bee if possible and include maybe a bit more of the base of the flower next time. Be sure to check out those upload/sizing suggestions and that should help with the posterization that is going on in the background (BG) of your image.

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    Gus Cobos
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    Hi Caleb,
    I like the composition...agree with Julie on the techs. and the repost takes it over the top...welcome to the BPN family...looking forward to seeing more...:cool:

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    Default That's not a bee...

    Hi Caleb,
    that's not a bee or wasp, it's a hover fly.
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    Karl Günter

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    Caleb Royer
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    Default Never would have Guessed

    Quote Originally Posted by Karl Günter Wünsch View Post
    Hi Caleb,
    that's not a bee or wasp, it's a hover fly.
    regards
    Karl Günter
    Thanks for telling me what that the fly is.
    I never would have guest it was a fly.

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    Caleb Royer
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    Quote Originally Posted by Julie Kenward View Post
    Caleb, welcome to the macro/flora forum! Since you're new around here I want to point out the sizing instructions for images right above your post. Read through those and they'll help you get the best size image uploaded. (Yours was 3" x 4" at 187 resolution...it should be more like 7" x 10" at 72 resolution.)

    That said, you have really good clarity on the bee/wasp. (I'm thinking yellow jacket but I'm not sure...) The lighting is nice the way it shows off the pollen on the bee but then you got a bit overexposed on the flower. I went through with my clone tool from Photoshop and set it to "darken" and 60% and went over the areas that were too bright. I also lowered the saturation of the yellows and greens to get them from being quite so fluorescent.

    You're off to a good start...things to keep in mind are to try to get more of the "face" of the bee if possible and include maybe a bit more of the base of the flower next time. Be sure to check out those upload/sizing suggestions and that should help with the posterization that is going on in the background (BG) of your image.
    About the resolution part, how exactly do I change that in PSE7:confused:

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    Caleb Royer
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    Nevermind I figured it out.

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