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    Any thoughts on these my friends?

    Saw him on walkabouts yesterday

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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    The second one, or the crop, is my favorite because in the first, i didn't notice the bee, in the second it puts the bee more in detail with no distraction around it.

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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    Second one, I agree with Matt, the bee/fly gets lost in the first.

    What kind of flower is that?? It's gorgeous!

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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    They're both good.`The second one is excellent, very well done. I might selectively sharpen the parts which are already the focal points, bring up the blacks the tiniest little bit via levels, and maybe punch up the color a tiny bit as well.

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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    Nice job; I like them both. The crop works really well on the second one. The OOF blue, white, and purple petals(?) lead the viewer straight to the fly.

    I also wouldn't mind a crop that included the entire flower. The flower itself is a great subject, and the fly adds to it. I would recommend cropping most of the space on the right side of the original image. The focus is no longer solely on the fly, though, so if you were going for a shot of the bee, stick with the crop you have here.
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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    That's a beautiful flower. What is it?
    My only problem with both is that your focal point seems to be the stamens and everything, including the bee, goes soft after that. I think you need more dof or a different focal point.
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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    I prefer the second photo, draws more attention to the fly and the flower while the first am drawn away by the leaf in the upper right corner. I do agree with Frog that a little more DOF would be nice since the fly appears a bit soft to me. I really like the colors of the flower.

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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    the first shoot has too much greengage for me,
    the second one looks good, but as others stated should be sharper.

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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    I like the second one for the reasons already mentioned. It could use some higher level of saturation in the colors. DOF could also be higher. Good capture.
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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    I also think the second image is best. The tight crop offers less ditractions and gets to the meat of the scene. I agree with Drays suggestions on sharpening and boosting blacks/contrasts a bit more to get additional pop.
    Very nicely framed.
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    Re: Any thoughts on these my friends?

    I know nothing about the technical stuff...but its a Passion Flower. Comes in many different varities
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