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Challenge: In the Garden II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
Location: Los Angeles
Date: Feb 20, 2010
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2010

 I know there will be a ton of bee shots in this challenge. I hope people find this as one of the better ones :)

If I had an opportunity to change something in the photo, I would want to focus accurately on the bee's eye.

Statistics
Place: 47 out of 160
Avg (all users): 5.5419
Avg (commenters): 5.4286
Avg (participants): 5.4576
Avg (non-participants): 5.5764
Views since voting: 753
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 203
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/08/2010 12:14:59 PM
Hi Nitin, greetings from the Critique Club!

Regarding your photo:

Composition
The image flows very well, I really like the bokeh on the background.
The way the petals are just hanging over the bottom of the image is very peaceful and tranquil.

Technique
I imagine it must be hard to get all in focus at f/5.6, you were probably on the long end of your lens? Maybe some ISO could be sacrificed in order to get a smaller aperture and get everything in focus.

Processing
Just as a lot of people said, the tones are so vibrant, and the colour rendition is very good.
Lovely whites and yellows.

Processing
Effective, very low profile but it did the trick.

Overall, I think you were downvoted because of the flower issue. Although it's not just a flower, it becomes a great part of the subject matter. The winner is also a macro but without flowers, so I guess that you could have scored higher if it was all in focus and you didn't have such a big flower in your shot.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/02/2010 08:32:32 AM
Nice shot. Hope the DNMC don't crucify you...
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 03/01/2010 04:12:02 PM
Nice insect shot.
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 02/27/2010 05:01:03 PM
Wonderful tones and nice composition with background element echoing the foreground. I also like the warm reds / oranges contrasting with the greens. Would have liked to see a bit sharper focus on the bee's eye. That said, one of the strongest images in this challenge. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/27/2010 04:45:45 PM
I'll let it slide since it's such a good macro shot of the bee, but it sure looks like a flower is part of the main subject...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/24/2010 02:25:14 PM
Rules state no flowers, nice picture, though.
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 02/24/2010 02:03:20 PM
flower
 02/24/2010 01:38:04 PM
Excellent photograph. Its a bit blurry in a few spots but, still an overall good shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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