Funken Egg
by hokie

Comment:
That's a great idea and wonderfully executed.

wasp
by tomlewis1980

Comment:
Wonderful macro. I like the colors

Panache
by KarenB

Comment:
Great composition and I like the way the white dress contrasts with the rest of the photo.

Y2K compatible
by drealmer

Comment:
I wonder how many youngsters know what this is :)
Wonderful idea and great colors. I think there's too much black at the bottom though: if everything was shifted a little more downwards, the photo would be more balanced.

American Pride
by AquaGoddess12880

Comment:
I think that the photo should be more symmetric: everything should be shifted a litte to the right, so the pole would be excactly in the middle of he photo.
The photo is too blurry, but I guess that's because of the quality of the camera.

Bzzz
by Remie

Comment:
Thanks for all the comments and votes.

Well, like some of you already noticed, the bee is dead. It's lying on top of a sheet of glass while my finger is below the glass. No bee training and no risk of being stung :)

It wasn't my goal to make a perfectly sharp macrophoto of a bee, but a balanced photo that shows the tension between the bee and the fingertip. I made a shot on which the bee is perfectly in focus but I didn't like it because it took all of the viewers attention to the bee only.

After reading the comments about it, I did a try-out with a blue background but it didn't look too well because the blue didn̢۪t match witch the color of the finger. I think blue would look better though if it would be a bright colored flower instead of a finger.

Don't worry Swashbuckler, the bee killed itself :). It was trying to escape trough a closed window and bees seem to keep trying to escape until they die (BTW before I get any complaints, there was no way I could save the it. The window can't be opened and the bee was acting pretty aggressive so I didn't dare to catch it).

I just came to my mind that it actaully might be possible to do a shot like this with a living bee by putting honey on my finger. I don̢۪t think I̢۪m gonna try it though :)

Blue in Motion
by C3D

Comment:
Nice abstract. I wish the dark parts where more transparant or lighter shaded though.

Indian Dreams
by unclebo

Comment:
Because of the large number of objects on the photo, it's difficult to actually see them.

unconditional
by jgoings

Comment:
Very well composed photo, although I think the dog̢۪s collar is drawing to much attention. The way the outline of the dog̢۪s nose is parallel to the outline of the cheek is a wonderful detail.

Blow me away
by freetime

Comment:
Now that's a different approach of photography: everything in focus except the main subject :)