Turmoil
by airdance

Comment by Ja-9:
IMO I think I would have cropped out the left side of the picture and some of the right, focusing in on the center where the picture is in much sharper focus and extremely abstract in colors

Turmoil
by airdance

Comment by timmi:
Great ideas. Beutifully mixed.

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Comment by airdance:
Thanks to all for your helpful comments ! A few very good pointers there, and I will keep them in mind next time I go out with the macro lens !

Thanks guys and gals ;)

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by airdance

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Definitely stop down. As a result of this, you'll either have to increase ISO or provide light. If you have a flash, you can trigger with the canon equivalent of the SC-28 or other and make yourself a cheap diffuser out of paper towels or something like url=//www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/201782132/]this guy.[/url]
Check out his stream for examples of what you can do with such a simple setup. Using a cord will give you flexibility to position your flash from different angles and make the light better since it's off camera. Just hand hold, unless you want to invest in a bracket.

As was said, try not to cut off the bit of the wing. Pretty good outcome from your fist venture though.

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by airdance

Comment by cpanaioti:
Yellow is one of the toughest colors to avoid blowing out. The OOF areas have gone a little blotchy here but the fly seems to be very sharp.

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by airdance

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I like the dead-on front view of the bee, colors are strong, but natural. maybe a little too centered for my own preference and the bees wing ios a bit cut off at the top. I like the bit of iridescence on the wings. In a challenge I would probably give it a 6. I like bugs, but I'm not a huge flower fan, so a closer shot of the bee would probably get my interest more.

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by airdance

Comment by SteveJ:
Looks pretty good to me, perhaps using A mode and f8 might have grabbed a deeper DOF. With Macro lenses it takes a while to get used to them, I found using continuous focus rather than single focus works well as the little buggers do tend to move about. Stick with it, you will get a great deal of satisfaction from the Macro lens.

Am I in focus ?
by airdance

Comment by jayrod:
It's in focus but the contrast just isn't there to make this bird truly stand out.

Am I in focus ?
by airdance

Comment by ellamay:
bit to bright IMO

Am I in focus ?
by airdance

Comment by photom1946:
blown out too much!