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Bee C+C

  • 11-09-2010 9:44pm
    #1
    the_monkey
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    Shot this at f/1.4 with the 50mm ...

    4828807884_8f45d4d27c_b.jpg


Comments

  • #2
    Pivot_Al
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Pivot_Al


    nice shot the monkey- but i think a tighter crop would be better- try and get rid of top left and bottom right


  • #3
    Diabhal_Glas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 468 ✭✭Diabhal_Glas


    Hey Monkey, mucho respect for getting that shot, at F/1.4 too.

    Were you trying for ages before you got this one, how did you get it? Shutter speed?, flash?? You were using manual focus I take it.

    I hope to get some of one of those little hover bees sometime, must read up a bit on best practice.

    I like it exactly as it is, gives me a feeling of the wide open space, but then again I'm sure a tighter crop would look spectacular too.

    Is this photo cropped already by the way?


  • #4
    Visuelle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Visuelle


    That's pretty sweet, is the background blur from the lens or photoshop? Great shot.


  • #5
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Visuelle wrote: »
    That's pretty sweet, is the background blur from the lens or photoshop? Great shot.

    It's a small depth of field because the_monkey was shooting at f1.4.


  • #6
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,556 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    Diabhal_Glas wrote: »
    Hey Monkey, mucho respect for getting that shot, at F/1.4 too.

    Were you trying for ages before you got this one, how did you get it? Shutter speed?, flash?? You were using manual focus I take it.

    I hope to get some of one of those little hover bees sometime, must read up a bit on best practice.

    I like it exactly as it is, gives me a feeling of the wide open space, but then again I'm sure a tighter crop would look spectacular too.

    Is this photo cropped already by the way?


    Cheers all , I actually got really lucky with this shot ! , it was my 2nd or 3rd firing that got it , I used AutoFocus, the bee was buzzing quite slowly so it wasn't hard to use AF to get him.

    No Flash was used.

    Photo is not cropped , I will try a few different crops.


    Blur is natural caused by wide aperture (f/1.4)


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  • #7
    stunt_penguin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 222 ✭✭stunt_penguin


    That's no bee, it's a hoverfly, and great capture!


  • #8
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    stunt_penguin wrote: »
    That's no bee, it's a hoverfly, and great capture!

    Are you sure?


  • #9
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    The photograph, it is very beezee.


  • #10
    zdooldreb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 184 ✭✭zdooldreb


    Nice, I really like it. Cropping out the white in the top left corner would probably add to the shot.
    Is he carry something?


  • #11
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,556 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    zdooldreb wrote: »
    Nice, I really like it. Cropping out the white in the top left corner would probably add to the shot.
    Is he carry something?


    yeah i think he grabbed something from the plant..


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  • #12
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    It looks like pollen gathered on its legs:
    2864_2.JPG


  • #13
    Crispin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 523 ✭✭✭Crispin


    stunt_penguin wrote: »
    That's no bee, it's a hoverfly, and great capture!

    errrr pretty sure thats not a hoverfly and is a bee :p


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