Stop & smell the Flowers !
by patio127

Comment by JuliBoc:
Oh, lovely texture, and I love the light on the pink nose. I want to grab her and put my nose right down in that soft fur. I think it would help the image to remove the pink collar (crop or clone).

Stop & smell the Flowers !
by patio127

Comment by mbrutus2009:
I really like this one.. I agree with Mark-A this could surly be in my calander! Great shot.

Stop & smell the Flowers !
by patio127

Comment by Mark-A:
Oh what a cute Kitten! :)

That would make a wonderful calendar image I can very easily imagine turning the page onto March / April 2009 and being presented with this lovely shot.

Stop & smell the Flowers !
by patio127

Comment by tjbel05:
Oh, I think this is just adorable. She looks very nicvce to me. I see what you mean about the white nose, but I dont think her fur looks too harsh.

Busy Busy
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Comment by roz:
WOW PAT .. !!
stunning image and an excellent macro .. the colours so vibrant and the details so clear .. a beautiful flower shot that you do so well combined with the bee .. make for perfecto .. !! ..:) ..!!..:)

Busy Busy
by patio127

Comment by JuliBoc:
Lovely detail and color. I like the very cheerful feel of this sunny image. The composition is great. The clarity of that glassy wing is excellent.

Secrets
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Comment by JuliBoc:
Oh, too bad about the DQ. This image is exquisite. It doesn't seem very abstract to me, but outside of the challenge, it is wonderful.

Busy Busy
by patio127

Comment by sfalice:
Another really fine bee shot.
I know we look a bit funny chasing bees & bugs around with our cameras
but they don't seem to mind, and the results are often spectacular.
Like this one.

Busy Busy
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Comment by HeiSch:
I feel the same way as Mark-A. The choice of you angle for this shot brings the bee AND parts of the outer paddles in focus. Making the viewer switch between the flower and the bee back and forth. I do like how you captured the contrast between the bee and the bright flower. One more suggestion: get a almost transparent shower curtain, one with no colors in it, so it's not changing the color temperatur too much. Get this curtain between the sun and your flowers. This will diffuse the straight and harsh light of the sun. Then you won't see the hard white reflections of the sun on the bee any more and the shadows will be softer as well. I found real diffusers sometimes 'eat up' too much light ;)

Busy Busy
by patio127

Comment by Mark-A:
This is lovely and crisp, personally I would have liked to see the focal plane ever so slightly back a bit this would have put the whole of the Bee in focus rather than half the flower and half the Bee which kind of has my eye darting around a little rather than just settling on the Bee. Still a very nice shot though and the colour of the flower is wonderful.