Abstract Lily
by MaryO

Comment:
This is special : ) I like it a lot.

How Deep is the Night
by Jutilda

Comment:
I like the whole story. It's nice to see one of these in B&W.

#2
by ErikV

Comment:
What a fuzzy flower. I like the way you framed it with the lighter areas in the BG, which I guess are more flowers like this one.

Troll-Eating Bear
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
That's a great zoom pan! Was he running at you when you shot this? : ) I would not have thought to shoot zoom and slow shutter in this situation.
Jolly good shot for shooting over your shoulder while running at full stride!

Etched
by scalvert

Comment:
Just too cool Shannon! Your ideas make me smile : )

#1
by ErikV

Comment:
Shallow DOF is the right thing for this little scene. It brings my eye right to the junction where all the colors meet.

4wt
by sceneit

Comment:
Cool, I see you reflected in the flies thorax.

_DSC9556-copy-macro-01-sfw
by The Eskimo

Comment:
This is very nice. Did you lighten up the center area some in processing? I like the composition in this. It looks pretty sharp to me at this size, and I definitely understand about the wind thing. It's good to have iso 3200 available for those conditions.

jalenpeno flower
by JustCaree

Comment:
At close range like this, depth of field makes focusing very critical. To me, it looks like focus is good, but either the flower or the camera moved a little. I can see what you were after though.
At this range, I find it useful to focus the lens manually, and then use both hands in the most solid grip position and move in and out slowly with the camera to get the final focus.
You may be able to get sharper shots by using the self timer at 2 seconds or maybe 5 seconds. That will eliminate the big shake that occurs when you squeeze the shutter button. Try looking through the camera at a subject like this with the camera turned off, then simulate a normal shutter button press, and watch carefully how much the camera shakes.

Buzz
by Paul

Comment:
Great timing, and also good use of the long focal length to be able to get this without spooking the bee. It takes a lot of shots to get one this nice of a bee. The focus on the eyes is perfect, not an easy thing at 180 and 3.5.