Busy as a Bee
By kiranoncemore. Filed in S3 IS, kiranoncemore |Tags: close-up, flower, honey bee, nature
Tv: 1/160; Av: F/3.5; f: 72mm (35mm-equiv: 454mm)
This was originally a much larger snap which I cropped and enlarged. I got another similar photo a minute or two before this one; but that photo did not have the honey bee. Which is why I decided to put up this one.
What I like about this photograph:
- The colour reproduction of the flowers (although I don’t like pink all that much, I must admit that these flowers were looking real good)
- Of course, that prominently positioned bee which gives this snap its flavour.
How this photo could have been improved:
- I think it might have made more sense to crop the photo further and eliminate that blurry blue flower visible at the top left. I did not do that because I did not want pink to be the sole colour in the snap
- Maybe the snap should have adhered a little more to the Rule of Thirds – with respect to the bee. I think the bee is closer to the center of the photo than to the top third.
Sunday, May 17th 2009 at 8:38 pm |
Hi Kiran,
Beautiful flowers, by the way. 
That sure is a good snap and a nice catch too. I like the sharpness of the photo. And the photo is quite vibrant too. Is it a little too vibrant? Hmm, I guess not.
Yes, more than the blue, I guess the Rule of Thirds adjustment would improve this photo by quite a bit. Maybe you can even try cropping to just the bee and that single flower occupying the bottom right of the picture with a bit of negative (blank space) elsewhere. You’ll have to decide if the quality of that photo will be adequate or not, though…
Sunday, June 7th 2009 at 7:11 pm |
I second Rakshith. Moreover, as always, my preference is 1 f-stop down