Frozen flight
by megapics

Comment by Abra:
I see this almost every morning in the Royal National Park. But I don't think I could ever capture it as well as you. Great shot! 9

Frozen flight
by megapics

Comment by gyaban:
So poetic :-) Very nice shot.

Frozen flight
by megapics

Comment by dali_lama_2k:
From a wedding?

Fragile wings
by megapics

Comment by macrothing:



Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
Nice shallow DOF (depth of field), nice colors. Whilst the concept of delicate comes over even with the shallow depth of field, for me it would have been stronger for this particular Challenge had the wings been in sharper focus with a little further depth of field. I gave this a 5 during voting.

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
The composition is nice and balanced, with the bee in the center of the image, however I wonder whether having an off-centered main subject would have help give the image as a whole more of an edge. For example, if you remove the lavender flower head from top left of frame (ie: bold crop) and take a little further off the top, it reframes the bee/bee's wings and also leaves the added element/interest of the other lavender flowers.

I see you used an extension tube and wonder whether there was a tripod involved as well. Handheld would be very difficult, especially when you are trying to get the delicate little wings in sharp focus & within the depth of field you desire.

A deeper DOF (perhaps 4.6 or more) would have allowed more wing to come into play and would have also minimized the overexposed parts of the flowers, etc. The colors are certainly nice and complement each other, perhaps some subtle pushing of them in pp (post processing) would have also allowed them to be better showcased as well.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
65/143 is over the half way mark in a Challenge and a decent showing for your first entry at DPC (congratulations). Your one comment does perhaps give you an indication of your score - sometimes you have to read into comments and/or apply a filter. Of course, an average of 7.0 from your 'Commenters', tells you what your commenter gave you.

Summary
Sometimes voters (myself included) like to be 'hit over the head' with the Challenge subject/theme. In this case, I think, as mentioned above, a little more wing(s) would have made this a stronger entry.

Fragile wings
by megapics

Comment by Tabby:
The left wing is perfect!