Face-to-face with a bumblebee

[billtils]

I was about to discard this from a recent batch because of not getting the correct orientation of the sensor to subject to maximise DoF, but had second thoughts along the lines of the title.

C&C most welcome.

[ST1]

It works for me Bill


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[JBW]

would you consider this flip?

[billtils]

would you consider this flip?

Yes I would

[Mike Buckley]

On the subject of whether to flip it or not, I don't see any reason to select one version over the other when displaying the image by itself. When displaying it among several images of the same genre, I can easily imagine that one version might be a better fit with the other images because of its relationship with the others. So, my question: what makes one version better than the other when viewing it solely on its own?

[billtils]

Mike and Brian

The orientation in my version is as shot and as I like it, but I responded "Yes" to Brian's "would (I) consider" because it's not unreasonable. I'd guess some would argue the flip version keeps your eye in the image whereas the original flows out of the frame. One of the reasons I kept it as shot is that, to me, there is a better sense of a triangular frame to the composition in the original, but not everyone would see it that way perhaps.

And thanks Peter (By the way, I thought GOC was some miles north of where you are 😀 ).

[John 2]

That's a nice shot either way Bill. There is a school of thought that believes that a subject moving across the frame or a subject that will potentially move (e.g. a stationary train), looks more natural if apparently moving from left to right. (your guess is as good as mine as to why?) This bumble however is facing/potentially moving towards the viewer and so I don't think it matters.

[JBW]

On the subject of whether to flip it or not, I don't see any reason to select one version over the other when displaying the image by itself. When displaying it among several images of the same genre, I can easily imagine that one version might be a better fit with the other images because of its relationship with the others. So, my question: what makes one version better than the other when viewing it solely on its own?

I don't know about better but in the original my eyes went to the rear of the bee. With the flip my eyes go directly to the bees eyes

[Wavelength]

Very colorful and beautiful....

[Mike Buckley]

There is a school of thought that believes that a subject moving across the frame or a subject that will potentially move (e.g. a stationary train), looks more natural if apparently moving from left to right.

I can see that possibility for societies made up primarily of people who read from left to right. On the other hand, I can just as easily see the opposite possibility for societies made up primarily of people who read from right to left.

[IzzieK]

I can understand Brian's thinking as like "the buck stops there" kind of reasoning. You title says "Face to Face" so he flipped to stop your/one's eyes right there as the moving eyes of the viewer stopped at the eyes of the bee. No matter what the real explanation is/was, I prefer the original shot.

[bnnrcn]

Nice shot Bill, I like both versions

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[rpcrowe]

Great capture!

[billtils]

Thanks for the comments and feedback John 2, Nandakumar, Izzie, Binnur, John and Richard.

[Rainforest]

I don't know about better but in the original my eyes went to the rear of the bee. With the flip my eyes go directly to the bees eyes

That is exactly how my eye went too. The angle on the original is better however. I like the flip for whatever reason but that matters not a bit ;-) - two shots that work :-)