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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 4/19/2007
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Thanks Scott . . . always nice to see people delving into the older shots on my portfolio! I appreciate the time and the comment! :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 4/19/2007
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Thanks very much Bruce . . . I'm always surprised when people dig up some of the older shots in my PF . . . and always thankful!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Scott Carr
{K:707} 3/6/2007
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Absolutely stunning! Love the composition and the detail you've captured here!
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Bruce W. Clark
{K:1100} 2/4/2007
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Excellent detail. You can even see the color of the pollen on the bee's legs.
Bruce
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 1/24/2007
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Thanks VERY much Emmanuel! :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Emmanuel Panagiotakis
{K:6267} 1/24/2007
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Very good composition here my friend very nice DOF also :)
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 1/16/2007
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Thanks Ken! Nice to know you're up and about and . . . uhhhhhh . . . ok! :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Kenneth C. Long, Sr.
{K:4245} 1/12/2007
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Doyle Great capture on this one. Happy New Year to you and the family.:)
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/29/2006
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Thanks again Jani!!! :)
Best Wishes for a Happy New Year!!
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Jani Salvataggio
{K:27283} 12/29/2006
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Excellent Capture!!! Wonderful Image!!!!
Regards
Jani
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/28/2006
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Thank you Erland! :)
Best Wishes for a Happy New Year!
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Erland Pillegaard
{K:34147} 12/27/2006
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Great capture picture
erland
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/19/2006
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Thanks Joggie . . . you and I both know the "nitpciky" critiques more often than not bring the help needed and I appreciate yours. VERY nice of you to bring it up (and I wish I thought of it before posting this one)! :)
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~~~~~
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 12/18/2006
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A lovely image with the main subject clearly separated from the evenly out of focus background. I like the colour and the composition of the crop - all well done Doyle. My only (nitpicky) comment would be that the bee could do with a little bit more contrast to show it of against the flower better and secondly the frame is nice but slightly heavy - crowding the photo. Both these remarks do not detract from a lovely image though! Well done.
Joggie
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/18/2006
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Thanks Ahmed.
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/18/2006
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Thanks very much Barbara . . . It was my intention to freeze the wings in order to capture the detail in them so, as you may imagine, I was very happy with this shot!
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Ahmad Saleh Al Noimat
{K:868} 12/18/2006
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great work , thanx for the comment
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{K:12494} 12/18/2006
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wow, This is a perfect crop and spectacular capture of bee, I just don't see how it can be improved, I like the wings how you can see through them.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/17/2006
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Thanks Marcus . . . VERY much. Your work, as well, is ALWAYS a pleasure!
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Marcus Armani
{K:36599} 12/17/2006
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Wonderful macro Doyle! I like the shot as is, the crop is appealing to me with the bee on the left with the nice empty space on the right, very appealing and does not send the eyes directly to the center as in the original, I also think the removal of the dark negative space to the left of the subject is a plus...
Your work is always a pleasure to view doyle.....
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/17/2006
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Thanks very much Luc!
Season's Best Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/17/2006
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Thanks so much for the comment! As it happens, you're 100% correct. I set up knowing the bee would be back (or some bee would) and therefore, I was able to focus, lock and wait. Honestly took very little time. The hummingbird, dubbed Gumby now, comes at about 15 minute intervals so I had time, while waiting, to go for this shot. I had captured a bee's wings earlier . . . but wanted a better comp . . . And this little guy was perfectly willing to comply!
Season's Best Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/17/2006
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Thanks Very Much Marian!! :)
Season's Best Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Mary Slade
{K:40338} 12/17/2006
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P.S. Great to see you on the front page Doyle!
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Luc Bouwens
{K:6460} 12/16/2006
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Very good macro.
The composition, detail, and color are excellent in this one.
Great !
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Ardalan Haddad
{K:15567} 12/16/2006
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sorry,in my last comment i had a typeing mistake. The WIND is actually WINGS.
thanks
Ardalan.
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Ardalan Haddad
{K:15567} 12/16/2006
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Very smart and sharp.
Good job ! not veryeasy to make such a clear shot of bee, but you did it perefectly.
and in this posture of wings and that's really awsome. Im pretty much sure you were focusing on a shot like this. because it has a very good stand and contrast with the background,just because of its wind and body 90 degrees angle.
very very well done!
Best shots,
Ardalan.
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 12/15/2006
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wow!!!!!!! super macro shot dear Doyle!!!!! fine details and great dof!!!!!!!
b r a v o!!!
all the best
Marian
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/15/2006
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Many thanks Ace!! (And a pleasant journey to you as well!) :)
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/15/2006
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Thank you very much Shadi!! :)
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Ace Star
{K:21040} 12/15/2006
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i like both version! Raw is pretty clear but both version looks perfect :)
nice job brother
good luck
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Shadi Porooshani
{K:11236} 12/15/2006
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what nice macro shot dear Doyle
it has so nice DOF & very good details
i like the clarity in this shot
have nice time
shadi
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/15/2006
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Thanks very much Galal!
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 12/15/2006
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Great details & DOF , very well taken .
Galal
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/15/2006
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Thanks very much Asim!
Season's Best,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/15/2006
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Bedankt Riny. Ik leende eigenlijk die lens van mijn vrouw! Dit weekend dat wij regen zouden kunnen hebben. Indien wij doen. . . Ik zal proberen te reizen om in de bergen te sneeuwen. Misschien. Ik heb nog steeds veel om voor Kerstmis te doen!
Uw vriend,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/15/2006
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Gracias tanto mi amigo querido. :)
Sinceramente,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Asim Roy
{K:10051} 12/15/2006
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Lovely shot, nice composition, love, asim
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 12/15/2006
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Damm forgot to rate..:)
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 12/15/2006
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Hallo mijn vriend doyle,Very nice capture dear Doyle and great action freezing shot, I like the composition and the angle in here, very well done,
Regards from cold Holland,riny
PS Jouw Tamron lens 200-500 doet wonderen!
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Alicia Popp
{K:87532} 12/15/2006
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magnífico macro... qué buena captura!
Felicitaciones!
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/14/2006
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Thanks Lex . . . appreciate the time you took to comment. I know a lot of photogs don't care for the frames and agree it's important that it doesn't detract from the image.
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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L B.
{K:13965} 12/14/2006
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Hi Doyle,
excellent picture. One of the best i have seen from you. i really like the blurry background, and the composition is really good. If the bee was in the middle of the picture it might have got boring. But at 1/3 of the picture, just excellent. There is just one little thing im not sure about, and that is the frame. I dont think it really adds something to the picture, becose the picture is so nice it speaks for itself, so in my opinion no need for the frame!
cheers, Lex.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/14/2006
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Thanks Dear Nessa . . . Always a pleasure, my friend!
Season's Best,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/14/2006
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Thanks very much Saeed!
Season's Best,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 12/14/2006
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Beautiful macro shot ..prefer this crop to the other posted below..lovely detail in the wings and great dof ..nessa 7/7.
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 12/14/2006
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The quality framing of the original is not less than the cropped one, great parameters selection to get such sharp clear details with best of dof to figure out the bee perfectly.
to me the close crop helped also concentrating on the main subject with well of centered presentation.
Superb work.
Saeed
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/14/2006
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Thanks Joice!!!! :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/14/2006
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Thanks so very much for the comment Linda! Always nice to hear from you!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Joice Gerodo
{K:350} 12/14/2006
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Incredible!!!!!
Congratulations!!!!
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Linda Imagefree
{K:72276} 12/14/2006
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Beautifully captured Doyle, nice light and details...well done...:)
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 12/13/2006
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The United Fotographers emblem suits me just fine: I'm posting pics of Tarifa while I'm in Warsaw and starting another round of travels shortly. Would seem dishonest to use the Union Flag as I don't live THERE anymore, so the Universal Flyer seems like the Ultimate Flag for me!
Hope Santa's stocking his sack with lots of lenses and other goodies...
AJ
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Bwa HaHaHaHaHaaaa! Oh John! ( gasp ) . . . you're quite the riot, you are! HeHeHeHee . . . ahhhhhh . . . . you get a 7+++++ for the Gumby comment! (Takes a deep breath )
Ahem. Gumby no longer represents a challenge to me . . . I've . . . uhhhhhh . . . moved on! My . . . your flag looks familiar. The old AJ never had a flag like that. Neither did John. Now we have "AJ v2.0" Merry Christmas my friend!
Season's Best,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 12/13/2006
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Immediate reaction: the bee would look superb against that yellow/green background on the right of the image. Technically, though, with this crop everything is in the right place regarding composition.
Where's Gumby? Oh sorry, forgot. He's only talking to Marlyce these days...
AJ
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Thanks Mary. I chuckled when I saw the comment ended with "Great to be this close." You forgot to add . . . "and not get stung!" :)
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Viola.....:)
Excellent comment, excellent support, excellent friend:)
Thanks for all your comments;)
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~~~~~
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Mary Slade
{K:40338} 12/13/2006
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Amazing detail and such warm colours. Great to be this close.
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Violetta Tarnowska
{K:24497} 12/13/2006
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Doyle....:)
Excellent moment, excellent macro, excellent sharpness:)
Congratulations for the whole series:)
Cordialities:)
Viola
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Thanks Klaas!!
Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Thanks Meldi . . . haven't seen you on for a bit . . . and hope all is well. Happy Holidays my friend!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Klaas Baas
{K:15111} 12/13/2006
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Like the crop Doyle, the sharpness of the bee against the selective focussed background. Nicely framed too, and the title...... simple and yet.. it made me smile.
Take care,
Klaas
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Meldijana Omerbegovic
{K:4079} 12/13/2006
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Beautiful colours and details,very nice picture ,Doyle.
I'd like to thank you for your nice comments,too.
Best
Meldijana
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Thanks very much J for spending time on my shot . . . I value this kind of input immensely. First off . . . I agree completely that a contrasting BG color would have been ideal . . . As you point out, a minor consideration and, as it happens, unavoidable. I was not there to shoot honeybee pictures but rather, to catch a hummingbird. This is also why the lens was not the best choice for this type of shot. I also agree that the composition is brilliant and inspired work! LoL! The Sigma 150 Macro is a good lens, but I usually use an even better lens for these types of shots; a Nikon 105mm micro - f/2.8! I'm incredibly happy with that one even though it was absurdly expensive. When combined with extension tubes or a macro converter - there's almost nothing it can't do! Again, thanks very much for the comment!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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John Hatz
{K:156973} 12/13/2006
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Very nice close up, the clarity on the bee is good as the details viewed well on its wings and body too. Not sure if here needs a bit more contrast but not big deal, love even the blur background that support the main object and gives nice composition of colors! Mostly the scale of the background (from the dark to the bright areas). Also good position of the main object that takes the right part of the image (nothing centered)
Very good shot Doyle. hmmm...and good quality even you crop it so strongly!
I sujest you a lens...try to see Sigma 150 macro, REALLY SUPER!
Bye!
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Thanks very much Al!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Thanks Marco! Appreciate the comment!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Alan Shaffer
{K:5873} 12/13/2006
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Hi Doyle! I like it just like it is.
-Al
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marco ds
{K:6335} 12/13/2006
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Very nice macro, nice details and excellent compo, very well done! Congratulations, ciao
Marco
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 12/13/2006
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Your're pretty funny Doyle !!
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Feelings, Dear Shirly, do not always accurately reflect reality. :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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( * snicker * ) You spelled image with two 'I's! Heheheheee. Uhhhhhhh . . . so . . . I guess the proper response would be "Thaanks!"
BWA HAHAHAHAHAAA! Sorry . . . but you know I love a good laugh! Hehehehee. ;)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:174136} 12/13/2006
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You're welcome, Doyle...but I'm not feeling strong at all right now.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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I'm convinced you're my number one fan sometimes Michele . . . and I'm grateful for your support!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Thanks my strong lil friend! ;)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Thanks very much Sascha . . . very kind of you to comment!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Gustavo. . . ¡Da las gracias tanto para el comentario agradable! ¡Aprecio su suuport!
¡Feliz Navidad mi amigo!
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 12/13/2006
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Sorry I forgot about the crop ... It sets the entire iimage off just Perfect !
M~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 12/13/2006
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Another excellent shot Doyle ...
This one is much better IMO . I like the POV
and DOF , and I love the crop ! I even like the Frame !!
Oh I do like the RAW image too... just the way it is..
7++
Michele~
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:174136} 12/13/2006
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Another marvelous capture, dear Doyle!:)
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sascha jonack
{K:19715} 12/13/2006
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Nice macro and I like the crop. It gives the image more dramatic. Well done my friend.
sascha
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 12/13/2006
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Excelente macro de magistral composición.
Felicitaciones!
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/13/2006
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Here is the original RAW image . . . No flash for this shot!
--Doyle I
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