out working

[Cheryl Flory]

Canon 40 D
Tamron 17-50mm
1/6400"
F5
ISO 400
EC +1.0
50mm




very large crop.

OK, here's something different. No deer, no morning mist, just some morning dew. lol

Would a different cropping help this? This is a very large crop, and I do have the entire blossom and lots of foliage around it. But the subject is the bees, not the blossom.

[Harold Davis]

need a macro set up for this. set up where the action is and fire away when they start buzzing around.

as is, i may crop a little off the bottom to eliminate the greenery. pretty good with that lens combo!!!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Cheryl,
I like the action here...:) I took the liberty of adjusting your image and composition by cropping and toning down the whites a tad, also increased the saturation and contrast and adjusted the mid-tones...see if this works foe you...:cool:

[William Malacarne]

Cheryl

Very nice base photo and I like what Gus has done with it. Could maybe use a little more clean-up in the upper right corner.

Bill

[Lance Peters]

Hi Cheryl - Gus's repost works for me - As mentioned a macro would have been the go here to really concentrate on the action. Like the action and the shadow of the bee.
TFS

[Alfred Forns]

I like it Cheryl The tight crop works very well

Difficulty in the macro images is getting full frame, here with the large crop you are using a wider lens and getting lots dof ... in close is all different that is what makes it a challenge !!!

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Nice details for a large crop, love the buzzing bee and its shadow, wish I can see the whole body another bee. The dew on the flower is a really big plus. I also like the tighter crop version by Gus, it put the bees into focus more.

[Cheryl Flory]

here is the crop I decided to go with....
for me, the flower (which is one I hybridized myself) is more important than the bees. The bees are significant in that they demonstrate the scent which is now in this blossom which was not there before. I hope this cropping makes the bees more significant, while it still shows the 3 new added petal characteristics of this plant.

Thanks, everyone!!

[Kyle Marie Barcelos]

Cheryl I really like your re-post with that crop it really brings out the flower. great job:)

[Cheryl Flory]

Thanks, Kyle