Dancing in the summer

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  • 01-14-2011, 06:07 PM
    Benny Pan
    Dancing in the summer
    http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/...8836af_z_d.jpg

    1/2000s at F1.8 using the nifty fifty 50mm. Manual focus on my Nikon D40 a bit painful but it's so worth it at the end. After two hours of intense shooting in the sun i ended up with FIVE successful sharp photos.

    How is the composition? I rotated the pic a bit so that the bee ended up a bit more facing upward. Do you think i have included enough flower to complement the bee?

    I was stupid enough not to use a flash i think that's why the wings are not frozen still.

    Please critique hard.
  • 01-14-2011, 06:47 PM
    corei5
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    you could've stopped down a bit to make the bee sharper or you actually intend to make a motion?
  • 01-14-2011, 07:09 PM
    jetrim
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    I like this shot a lot. Sharpness of the eyes is wonderful as is the composition and color palette. Nice work!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by corei5
    you could've stopped down a bit to make the bee sharper or you actually intend to make a motion?
    Stopped down to what? Stopping the aperture down would increase the blur in the wings. Speeding up the shutter would require going up 1-2 stops and shooting at f/1.8 he doesn't have the room.
  • 01-14-2011, 07:32 PM
    Benny Pan
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by corei5
    you could've stopped down a bit to make the bee sharper or you actually intend to make a motion?
    do u mean the motion of the wings?
  • 01-14-2011, 08:10 PM
    corei5
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    yeah the motion of the wings. Did you intend to take it like that or something?
  • 01-14-2011, 08:22 PM
    corei5
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    yeah the motion of the wings. Did you intend to take it like that or something?
  • 01-14-2011, 08:35 PM
    Benny Pan
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by corei5
    yeah the motion of the wings. Did you intend to take it like that or something?

    Not at all, i got told that using a flash would freeze the wings after taking this shot. That's why i said i was stupid enough not to use a flash.
  • 01-14-2011, 08:38 PM
    corei5
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    Ohh.. well that bee might visit your flower again someday.
  • 01-15-2011, 10:37 PM
    GB1
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    Cool shot. A tad more DOF may have been good, but you got the most important areas in focus. The bee's mother would be proud of this shot :) Nice

    G
  • 01-16-2011, 04:41 PM
    Benny Pan
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GB1
    Cool shot. A tad more DOF may have been good, but you got the most important areas in focus. The bee's mother would be proud of this shot :) Nice

    G
    hi why do u think more DOF would be good? how would the homogenous green background in focus add more interest to the photo?
  • 01-16-2011, 07:55 PM
    armando_m
    Re: Dancing in the summer
    wow ! one difficult shot !

    it turned out great !