feeling lonely
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Comment by RulerZigzag:
should of went with a tighter crop, nice capture though

odd bee
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Comment by tuffy:
Good comp & nice saturation. The flower in the background is a little distracting.

odd bee
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Comment by macrothing:
7 - Nice shot. Criticism; would like to see the 'odd bee a little sharper, perhaps a different angle, not sure. Technically, while no 'expert', seems fairly spot on to me for the Challenge, but having said that, I would like to see this not so tightly cropped horizontally, not only to give it more 'depth', but so the flowers at the top were not 'cut'. Just noticed the soft effect on the flower directly under the 'bee' - very nice.

odd bee
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Comment by madison461:
Nice colors and DOF. I like your framing.

odd bee
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Comment by Riponlady:
good capture. fits challenge, good clarity and colour

odd bee
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Comment by KiwiShotz:
Nice hit right on the intersecting lines

fish family
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Comment by eschelar:
Hey, I am just browsing pictures of certain lenses, but I thought I would throw my two cents at this picture.

I'm no expert, but when I was shooting digital at fish in aquariums, I noticed that changing the white balance really helped. Otherwise, the camera tries to correct the great colours brought on by using UV lighting.

This is of course only true when UV lights are used, which isn't very often when they are goldfish, but still, it's worth a try. I think it was a tungsten WB.

Experiment and keep shooting. You have a lot of good ideas!

odd bee
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Comment by vtruan:
Syrphid (flowerfly) fly, that's why its a wierd bee. Nice shot.

odd bee
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Comment by Jutilda:
Nice DOF. I like the bee's placement - perfect for the rule of thirds. I think the colors are very nice too. It's interesting that the blur is to the right yet 2/3 of it is in focus. Nice.

lone fungus
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Comment by racb:
Neat, I like the angle.