Bumble Bees on Lavender
posted by dan in marin at 4:06 PM
6 comments
Sunday, June 21, 2009
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6 Comments:
Cool photo, Dan. One of my favorite things to see in my yard is bees hanging around the lavender. Don't see too many macro shots on photo blogs (at least the ones I see).
Hi Dan, this is a very nice macro shot :). I like the lavender tone of the whole image, very pleasing. Did you do much post-processing? I think it is a little too subdued. I did a quick "auto brightness" on a downloaded copy of this, and the resulting image had some added "punch" to it. I was then able to notice more details in the picture. The bee became more noticeable too.
I would also experiment with a square format for this shot, isolating the two lavender buds a little more and cropping out some of the extraneous leaves.
--WT
Thanx Eric
Warren
The photo was overexposed and I moved the histogram to the left 3/4 of a stop to duplicate the true color of the lavender bracts. You hit the nail on the head, I should have fiddled with the brightness instead.
I did not crop it because I was so enamoured with the color, perhaps it does detract from the been and the in focus flowers.
Thanx
Dan
Hi Dan,
I think what would make this a more interesting photo is if only the bee were in focus.
Ted, it would be tricky to isolate the bee using DOF, given that the bee and the two flowers are in the same plane of focus :).
BTW, Dan, for posting to the web, you may want to convert your image to SRGB otherwise the image may appear a little muted.
If you'd like I can post a copy of your picture that I took a few minutes adjust.
--Warren
ooo so pretty! i love the petals, having both in and out of focus :) bzz
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