day 3 - California Poppy
by boyd2000

Comment by patio127:
OMG, Boyd, these images are sooo beautiful ! Must be an experience standing in that field...

day 3 - California Poppy
by boyd2000

Comment by desertoddity:
nice background bokeh and focus on the subject

day 3 - California Poppy
by boyd2000

Comment by ShutterPug:
Excellent DOF and sharp focus on the subject. Composition is also very nice.

day 2 - Dinner time
by boyd2000

Comment by patio127:
Excellent sharp detail- the bee is diving right in !!!

day 2 - Dinner time
by boyd2000

Comment by ShutterPug:
I'm scared to death of bees - you are a brave soul to get this close.

day 2 - Dinner time
by boyd2000

Comment by slaakso:
Looks like a hungry bee. I have never seen the bee with its head in the flower before, thanks for the view. The bee is nicely in focus and I really don't mind the flower not being in focus.

day-1Poinsetta Drops
by boyd2000

Comment by carofo:
This really pops and the water droplets are so sharp, they look like glass beads. I think it would looks even better without any BG, with just a close-up of the leaf and water.

day 2 - Dinner time
by boyd2000

Comment by boyd2000:
Thanks for the comments. Actually I set the 18-200mm lens to 200mm manual focus and set focus for minimum. I closed in to about 18" until the bee was in focus. I did reduce a 13MB RAW to 200KB on save for web, so I think the loss of detail on the flower is from DOF. I did not use a flash, but it was a sunny day. I tried switching to cloudy and shade WB, but it made the flower really oversaturated.

Klaus
by boyd2000

Comment by sherpet:
WOW doea this dog really have tow differant volored eyes..... Awesome.....

day-1Poinsetta Drops
by boyd2000

Comment by icu1965:
I couldn't tell from this that it was overcast. Very bright and cheerful!