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Comment by Tlemetry:
One of my favorites...salmon! This does look incredible.

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Comment by BAMartin:
This looks too good to eat. I may have to try this reipe, I love salmon.

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Comment by jeger:
Good selective focus.

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Comment by Venom:
Well, first of all, this ROCKS! I nearly duplicated your photo with my entry! I want to post this first then read your other comments, just so my wording can be my own opinion.

One change I might suggest would be to try to get the background a little lighter, (in brightness, not color). I do like how it is completely out of focus though. The background on my entry didn't work out as well as this. Maybe a way to lighten the background would be to enhance the overall image. The bee could use just a bit more brightening which in turn might enhance the color too?...maybe? I didn't even get around to voting on this entry so I can't really say I helped you or hurt you.

You did beat me by "TWO" places though, so you did something right. -BB

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Comment by LaMas:
nice flower. very simple. crop that up a bit since the background really isn't helping it at all.

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Comment by sulamk:
a perfectly portrayed daisy 8

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Comment by glennc:
Nice choice of flower. focus just about right.

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Comment by DistantColours:
The stem in the top right is drawing me away from the flower

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Comment by Moose408:
I really like the sharpness and color in this photo. However the bee blends into the stem of the plant too much and is not very obvious. In fact I don't recall seeing the bee at all during my voting and that may explain some the scoring. After spending time looking at the photo I now can't understand how I could have ever not seen the bee, but the fact is I didn't see it when I first opened up this photo and it took maybe 5-6 seconds before I did see it. Great focus on the bee btw.

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Comment by karmat:
I think you have good technical -- the focus is good, the lighting isn't too harsh, the exposure and white balance are good. I do think the composition hurts it the most.

The bee is almost swallowed up by the flowers and as a result, the technical prowess you exhibited there gets swallowed up as well.

It is *almost* centered which can lead to a "static" feeling to begin with, but it is just a bit off, so it also has a slight unbalanced feeling as well. I think either making the bee completely centered, or leading the composition left or right would at least eliminate one of the distractions.

For me, personally, the shot doesn't say a lot more than "I can take a bee picture in focus" (which is a good thing) or perhaps a bit more emotionally, "Spring is here!" Unfortunately, outside of nature (photography) enthusiasts, there may not be a lot in this shot to grab the viewer and compell them to be moved inside.

If your purpose is to create technically well done and pleasing shots, you have done well. If you want a bit more emotion in your shots, this may fall a touch short.