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Late Summer Pollen Collection
Late Summer Pollen Collection
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Shallow DOF IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Cedar Hills, Utah
Date: Sep 3, 2008
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 9, 2008

 This shot was totally unintended. I was going for a perspective of a bugs life. I had spent an hour or so setting up the shot I wanted and shot about 30 pics. As I was getting to end I noticed this bumble bee hanging around. So I snapped off 5 shots before noticed me, made sure I knew he wasn't happy with my candid shot, buzzed my head and then he took off and was gone. I personally thought this one turned out better then the ones I spent over an hour setting up. So, I guess we'll see if I made the right choice....

Editing was simple:
Slight bump with adjustment layers to contrast, curves
Low level unsharp mask
Crop
Border
Resize and save for web

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 01/30/2009 06:47:46 PM
Now on this one, the pretty green bokeh adds a lot to the subject and works very well with the purple flower. I hate bees too...so you get bravery points from me on this one. I think I like this one best of all of your shots so far.
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09/10/2008 12:15:35 PM
SWEET !!!!!!
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