jamespjones 0 Posted July 26, 2007 Hi Gordon, I've tried my hand at bee photography so I know it is quite challenging. I think the capture is what is it, there are probably more interesting angles to try photograph the bee. But, as I know that it is quite hard to do - I want to offer some suggestions on maximizing this image. If this is a cropped image, I would work from the original and move the flower and the bee off to either the left or the right, instead of dead center. It will you give you a more interesting distribution of "positive" and "negative" space. The negative space being the blue sky. The overall exposure is a touch dark. I would play with levels in photoshop and bring the white level down a bit to brighten the overall exposure. Your brightest highlight is sitting at the bottom of the flower and I don't think it is doing much for you. Also, your sensor or your lens may have been dirty. I would clone out the dark spots. So, shifted over, levels adjusted, and cleaned up a touch I think it would make this shot everything it could be. At the end of the day I wish I could see the bee's face. Link to comment
jamespjones 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Hi Gordon, Cleaning it up definitely helped. I think the exposure may still be a little on the dark side, but we're in the realm of aesthetic choice. I personally have never tried dressing up the image using art borders, but it does have an impact on the viewer. Link to comment
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