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Blue Iris and Bumblebee


Blue Iris and Bumblebee
Photo Information
Copyright: Peter Geldart (graffer) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 124 W: 85 N: 137] (675)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-21
Categories: Nature, Decisive Moment
Camera: Fujifilm Finepix S9600, Fujinon 28-300mm
Exposure: f/3.7, 1/150 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): IRIS BEAUTY [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-21 8:57
Viewed: 309
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
These small blue irises grow freely around my garden pond amongst some larger yellow ones.

While I was setting up the tripod, to try and get the yellow ones as a background, this small bumblebee landed on the flower. It could have positioned itself better, but it was off again in a flash.

Shot in RAW: converted to TIFF in FastStone: PP in PS 7. Saved as JPEG: frame and text in FastStone. Uncropped from original frame size.

F3.7: 1/150sec: ISO 100.
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Very nice - great colour, good sharp image.
David

Hi Peter:
You dof is outstanding that makes this flower stand out so well...excellent details and colors!
David

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  • tyro Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 218 W: 83 N: 632] (3024)
  • [2008-05-21 13:55]
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Hello, Peter.

Beautiful!

This really is an achievement - to have the whole of the head of that iris in focus against a very much out-of-focus background: not to mention the sharpness of that bumblebee. The iris must be quite deep from front to back, if you know what I mean, and you must have cetred your focus right in the middle of the flower. Great!

Beautiful deep colours and sharpness. I suppose the bumblebee could perhaps have been a little more obliging and smiled for the camera, but it's a great picture as it is.

Excellent!

Best Wishes,

John.

Hello Peter!
Beautiful iris and fantastic colours, light and clarity!
Wonderful colours and detail!
Good perspective and nice frame, too!
Best regards!
Lili

excellent capture peter,

great detail and very sharp...great colours and good blurred dof, so as not to distract...

great frame/crop and well presented...

nice1...harry

Hi,Peter,
A nice close up!
TFS
Valerka:)

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  • glint Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 599 W: 2 N: 429] (2789)
  • [2008-06-05 15:15]

hello Peter,
beautifully captured iris. I love all the colour and patterns of the petals. Well composed with good bokeh. The bee is an added bonus.
regards
Bev

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