Thistle Bee Good
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Comment by JuliBoc:
Well, you proved you can do the bee/flower shot when you want to. Nice DOF and focus. I like the colors a lot, with the slight touch of pink in the background.

Betrayed by the Clapper
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Comment by ThatChickOverThere:
Whoa - dude - I swear I didn't mean to clap....don't hurt me! Very nice menacing shot - love the bird up there...so Edgar Allen Poe : )

Betrayed by the Clapper
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Comment by skewsme:
my... brain.... hurts

thoughts of a walnut tree
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Comment by Glanni:
Beautyful picture, BUT, an abstract image is not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

Betrayed by the Clapper
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Comment by ChadH:
I like the concept and the title. Good job getting exposure on the subjects face and some light on the books with the bare lamp blazing into the lens.

Thistle Bee Good
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Comment by Ecce_Signum:
Guess who!!!!!!

First Impression: Am thinking there wasn't enough pink here and whilst I do like the background I think there might be too much that doesn't add to the overall image.

Composition: Maybe a square crop would have helped emphasise the focal point here

Subject: Yup, a nice bright pink but maybe not enough of it for the challenge? Oh, and there is a Bee in the shot, your getting too mainstream for my liking!

Technical: Whilst I love the background there is quite a lot of noise in it. Something I've started playing around with is resize to twice the final size, give the entire image a run through neatimage or similar then sharpen (the plain sharpen) a couple or 3 times resize to the final size and maybe try a light sharpening. Messing around with the amounts can often leave the background nice and smooth with a sharp subject.

Final thoughts:Loving the title Don and didn't have this down for one of yours. Personally, whilst it scored slightly above your average (unrecognised genious) vote I prefer your off the wall images much more.

Thistle Bee Good
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Comment by poser:
wondering why this scored so low, I liked how it came out, only thing I can think of is a tighter crop.

Betrayed by the Clapper
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Comment by eye-spy:
Dam you clapper!

Thistle Bee Good
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Comment by salmiakki:
Hmm. Surprised at the low 5 for this. Extra kudos for the title!

Betrayed by the Clapper
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Comment by rmezzo:
This one made me laugh. 6