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Verysharp subject, great use of flash in backlit situation, good comp, it tells a story - great sense of “place.”

Craig Lipski wrote:Verysharp subject, great use of flash in backlit situation, good comp, it tells a story - great sense of “place.”

Thanks a lot Craig, I appreciate it.

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I like the idea and the bold use of lighting - its a different type of image to what normally gets posted here and it does have its charms. I guess compositionally the eye has a hard time finding a resting place within this image. Perhaps a good thing, or a bad. I'd wonder if you lost half of the sky area if this would place more of a focal / resting place upon the subject, without losing that hard worked for atmosphere

Either way a pleasure to see - nice one


Thanks for sharing
Matthew

The wide angle perspective is wonderful, so is the composition and detail. Nice balance of flash and natural light.
I like the sun and sky as presented, reducing the sky is an interesting alternative.

I like this as is. Detail is super. Flash compensated for the back light in just the right amount. The glow of the darker background just behind the bee add a lot of mood. Good job.

Matthew Pugh wrote:Hi

I like the idea and the bold use of lighting - its a different type of image to what normally gets posted here and it does have its charms. I guess compositionally the eye has a hard time finding a resting place within this image. Perhaps a good thing, or a bad. I'd wonder if you lost half of the sky area if this would place more of a focal / resting place upon the subject, without losing that hard worked for atmosphere

Either way a pleasure to see - nice one


Thanks for sharing
Matthew

Thanks for your comment Matthew. I know what you mean with the composition. I had thought about having the background darker to isolate the subject a bit more. I had done this with a few other subjects that day so I liked that this one was a bit different in having the grass in the background showing a bit. It does make things a bit busy though! Maybe I will try bringing down the background and see how it looks. I am concerned that if I crop the sky it will look a bit awkward cutting off the sun. I guess it is easy enough to crop it in lightroom and undo it if I don't like it! I will try that out.

Thomas

Tom Whelan wrote:The wide angle perspective is wonderful, so is the composition and detail. Nice balance of flash and natural light.
I like the sun and sky as presented, reducing the sky is an interesting alternative.

Thank you Tom, I appreciate it. I originally dropped the highlights down when I started editing this photo, but I wasn't thrilled with how it looked.

Thomas

Ed Cordes wrote:I like this as is.  Detail is super.  Flash compensated for the back light in just the right amount.  The glow of the darker background just behind the bee add a lot of mood.  Good job.

Thanks a lot Ed!

Thomas