Bee hive

[ragman]

Found this hive-in-the-making 10 feet off the ground. Taken hand held at arms length.

[Shadowman]

Nice shot, has a soft yet vibrating effect.

[ragman]

Thanks John. I really needed a ladder to see what I was aiming at. I pulled off series of shots hopefull one would be in focus. I bailed out when the bees got tired of me.

[CormacD]

Fantastic effort, Ron, very brave, focus looks pretty good to me. I like how the light draws my eye to the group in the top 1/3 rd.

[ragman]

Fantastic effort, Ron, very brave, focus looks pretty good to me. I like how the light draws my eye to the group in the top 1/3 rd.

[ragman]

Thanks Lindsay, rapid fire paid off this time.

[mugge]

I love it. Perhaps it is the (almost) arty look. Just great.
Cheers Ole

[ragman]

Thank you Ole. I wanted to do more with this but the location made it difficult. I did avoid being stung.

[mugge]

Thank you Ole. I wanted to do more with this but the location made it difficult. I did avoid being stung.

Maybe it is just me and my shapes and sizes. I think there are a few pictures in that collection of bees. Just a thought.

[ragman]

Ole, I should have sent a series of shots showing the location first and then their hive. Tried a 100mm macro lens first but focus was too critical. Used 24-70 zoom with macro focus with better luck. Because of the tree height location I could not see through the camera therefore each shot was hit or miss. Also, bees never stop moving.

[IzzieK]

There's a solution to that --if you can go back, try to bracket your shot. You'll get one good one for sure. #2 solution...Second solution is to use Nik's Viveza at Contrast 16%, Structure 44 and Shadow Alignment at 19%, just for taste...



I will remove if you do not like me to upload this...just my take...as Ole said, there are a few that you can get a clear shot of from this shot alone...

[ragman]

Thanks Izzie for viewing and comments. I like your pp results and welcome all c&c. I'm detecting a hint of green hew in your take, were I have a 'honey' hew. I think the bees prefer the honey. I really love your 'bug' shot. That was in my estimate a perfect moment. Good work.