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I think you did an excellent job of catching the bee, Jim. I can even
see his wings. I love the colors and the soft background. Nice
work.
Marilyn
**** Have you ever wished you could tell your childhood self a thing or two about growing up? Would the knowledge you know now have saved you from learning things the hard way? It's Tough Growing Up: Children's Stories of Courage Marilyn Dalrymple and Joan Foor www.itstoughgrowingup.com At 6:03 AM -0400 9/24/11, John Palcewski wrote:
Jim Snarski - Industrious Seems to me the major flaw with the image is the overall soft focus. Somehow I expect that at least the bee ought to be sharper, as well as at least some of the flowers. The great detail of the caption is really of more interest than the maybe it's just me but the central Penstemon
flower looks pretty sharp...the rest is a result of the way the D300 handles
high ISO (see Cunningham comment below)...and frankly, I'm more interested in
the story the photo has to tell and the composition and color of the image...as
for the caption, that sort of research is just fun for me, not to mention the
chance to pick up a little knowledge...
At 8:35 AM -0700 9/24/11, Marilyn wrote:
Jim Snarski Industrious: I appreciate the information with this photograph, and the picture is good. I think I might like it as a vertical more than a square, though. Still - well done. I only had time for 3 shots before the bee
vanished...usually I try and mix verticals with horizontals but there just
wasn't the opportunity...nature photography is often a matter of
expediency...
At 6:45 PM +0300 9/24/11, Trevor Cunningham wrote:
Jim Snarski - Industrious Great catch, as usual. While I like the narrow depth of field, I find the background a little heavy on the pixel noise. I'm surprised there isn't more noise...the day was
overcast and somewhat fog bound...this was in a heavily forested area so light
level was pretty low...the D300 auto ISO function chose ISO 1600 for this photo
under these conditions...I use auto ISO a lot in the field because it allows me
to get shots that normally wouldn't happen...having said that, one of the
criticisms of the D300 is it uses way too much noise reduction at the higher
ISOs to smooth out noise at the expense of sharpness...if that's the price of
having auto ISO available to me, I'll gladly pay it...
my deepest gratitude to you who have commented so
far...one of the inestimable values of this list is the chance to share our
thoughts with each other about a subject we are so passionate about...I'm
forever interested in how others perceive my work and always willing to learn
from their observations...
Jim
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