Best bee in flight so far

[Dagwood56]

I finally managed to catch two bees in flight that are half way decent: C&C welcome.

1. hand held, iso 100, f4, 1/500, no flash, Sigma 105mm macro lens

2. hand held, iso 100, f4, 1/500, no flash, Sigma 105mm macro lens

 

[brettmc]

Very nice captures! I can't help but notice they are always flying away from you, bee phobia? ha ha, jk. It seems to me that both pics could use a little more color saturation

 

[Photoadder]

Nice shot!

 

[250Gimp]

Nice shots!

Now you just have to douse yourself in honey so they fly toward you!

 

[Dagwood56]

Thanks everyone for the comments. As far as more color saturation, I'm old school I guess, I prefer my shots to look like I actually see them, though I will admit these could be a bit brighter. I think I'd be more inclined to try using "levels" than saturation though. Thanks.

Nice shots!

Now you just have to douse yourself in honey so they fly toward you!

They fly toward me and I duck for cover.

 

[kundalini]

Nice shots Carol. Did you feel foolish with the camera glued to your face as you run around chasing them down? I know I did.... a little bit anyway...

As far as more color saturation, I'm old school I guess, I prefer my shots to look like I actually see them, though I will admit these could be a bit brighter. I think I'd be more inclined to try using "levels" than saturation though. Thanks.

Fair play, but think of it as enhancing rather than manipulation. Whatever method you choose, I think they can be brought out to pop a bit more. Here and here are two of mine.

 

[~Stella~]

Here and here are two of mine.

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[stsinner]

Those are awesome!!

(kundalini, your links don't work)

 

[kundalini]

Let's try this again, shall we.....

Here and here


Sorry Carol, I was trying to avoid a highjack..... :blushing:

 

[Dagwood56]

Nice shots Carol. Did you feel foolish with the camera glued to your face as you run around chasing them down? I know I did.... a little bit anyway...
Fair play, but think of it as enhancing rather than manipulation. Whatever method you choose, I think they can be brought out to pop a bit more. Here and here are two of mine.

I did wonder a few times if any of the neighbors were watching and wondering what I was trying to do. The bees have most of their nests in the wooden fence..... too bad they were not as cooperative on my bleeding heart plants then I would have had some real color to work with.

Both of your bee shots are fantastic! I'll have to play around with mine a bit more and see what I can do....I have this "thing" right now about over saturated greens, which I won't get into here, but it's the reason I made my earlier comment but I do agree that they could pop a bit more. Thanks.

stsinner -Thanks

 

[Dagwood56]

I adjusted the 2nd shot a bit, not sure I see a lot of difference. More saturation loses what little detail there is in the leaf and makes the green too garish in my opinion so I just upped the contrast a bit.

 

[kundalini]

it's difficult scrolling up and down to see the difference, but your edit certainly adds a bit more punch doesn't it? :thumbsup:

 

[Dagwood56]

it's difficult scrolling up and down to see the difference, but your edit certainly adds a bit more punch doesn't it? :thumbsup:

I guess i should have put the edit up in the original post :blushing: , but I agree, it does pop a bit more, Thanks. Now my next challange is to capture a bee in flight on some colorul flowers and hopefully have the bee at a better angle....don't hold your breath though, it could take a while :lmao: