Bumblebee. First time using my new macro lens (Nikon D50 with sigma 2.8 105 mm macro)

Thankyou

What a beautiful capture, Sarah, very nice. Who ever put a 4 must have put someone else's contacts in today.

Excellent colour and quality!

An excellent shot Sarah! Great colours, details, and DOF. Congrats! Best regards, Torfinn.

Very Sharp and clear with gorgeous color.The diffused background added more clarity to the picture.

Money well spent. This is a phenomenal photo, not only with the details but also with the colors. Great job. (I'm not allowed to rate as I'd like, so a Hoorah!! will have to suffice)

Extraodinary sharpness,natural high fidelity comp.A real killer image.My congs.

I think there is a part of the bee body out of focus (same in the first flowers). If all the bee body was in focus the result was better. Perhaps I'm wrong. I don't know anything about macro photography. The visible detail is very good and the colors collection is wonderful. Best regards.

You have captured the details of the bee and the flower nicely. A little more DOF would have brought the bee's antenna into focus.

 

Wonderful Capture! Beautiful colors!! I am going to have to agree with Jose, on the upper half of the Bee's body is out of focus. But I also understand how hard it is to get a crystal clear shot of these guys!

 

*Tip* While in post-processing, in photoshop if you use the blur tool at a larger

size, and run it over the background, it will help with the noise.

Excellent, 7/7, Sarah.

 

Best reagrds.

 

Alberto

Wow! Well done Sarah! Kind Regards Andrea

I think you have done a very good new use. Best Wishes Sarah.

Beautiful macro, Sarah. A delight of composition with very nice colors and DOF. Excellent background, light and sharpness. Good shot! Best regards!

Those parts that are in focus, really are pin sharp! Also the DoF is excellent. Is this a heavy crop, or just slightly sliced away from the original size? If you view my "Details from the nature"-folder, you`ll find couple of days old Bee closeups that were shot with 300mm Nikkor. Those are being cropped rather heavily..., But even the old manual focusable Nikkor lenses really excel when properly used, not to speak about the 105-micro Nikkors... :-)

 

Very fine macro-photo!

 

Alpo

Three excellent macros of which this is, for me, the best. The side view lets us see the entire bee and its reltionship to the flower. Focus, background perfect and tightly cropped as it should be.

Beautiful colours. It makes the bee not look so terrifying!

Great composition and colours ... someone mentioned "out of focus" - I think I see a bit of the top part of the bee being soft, be careful with focus and DOF - I struggle with those two things a lot in addition to my handholding.