cropping C&C

[benlonghair]

Hi everybody. Was going through some photos i took recently and found this honey bee working a pink yarrow. I like this crop the best, but I'd be interested to see what others think. Click for EXIF data.

Original:

Thanks!

 

[paulk_68]

The crop looks good but the image seems to have lost some sharpness after you made it (the crop, that is).

 

[brettmc]

IMO, it seems that you cropped out your focus point which seems to be to the left and down a little ways from the bee. Good capture though, I wouldn't want to get that close to a bee

 

[musicaleCA]

Meh, bees aren't scary; they're docile compared to hornets or wasps...Damn I hate those things.

I'd keep the proportions the same but maybe move the crop up and to the left a little, to get more of the image in focus and give the bee and its wings more room.

 

[benlonghair]

The crop looks good but the image seems to have lost some sharpness after you made it (the crop, that is).

Meh, I burned the highlights on the wings a little. The glare is a too distracting in the original, imo.

Meh, bees aren't scary; they're docile compared to hornets or wasps...Damn I hate those things.

I'd keep the proportions the same but maybe move the crop up and to the left a little, to get more of the image in focus and give the bee and its wings more room.

I wasn't even that close. All the way out the 70-300 has a min focus distance of 1.5m so I was probably 5-6' away. If he had stung me, I'd have felt bad, 'cause they die when they sting and I like honey.

Wasps, yellow jackets and hornets, on the other hand, can die in a fire.

Thanks for your comments!

 

[musicaleCA]

If he had stung me, I'd have felt bad, 'cause they die when they sting and I like honey.

Wasps, yellow jackets and hornets, on the other hand, can die in a fire.

A very large, magnificent, despicably hot fire. -.-

And: Mmmm....honnneeeeyyy...