Laurie_Madsen

Macro Honey Bee Portrait

Macro Honey Bee Portrait

Extreme macro un-cropped honeybee portrait.
Rather than focus stacking to achieve tack sharp images, I lean towards an artistic approach using extreme mag...
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Extreme macro un-cropped honeybee portrait.
Rather than focus stacking to achieve tack sharp images, I lean towards an artistic approach using extreme magnification to grab just enough details for interest but not so many that the image looks "scientific".This requires being extremely close to the subject, which shortens the depth of field to next to none and magically blurs the surroundings.
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camera

PENTAX K-3

settings

settings

ISO 800 Shutter 1/125

upload_date

upload_date

Jan, 2015

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154

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+22

Awards

Superb Composition

Magnificent Capture

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Even though this is a bit out of focus, I still think it looks good :)

Thanks! Extreme magnification, almost NO depth of field! I lean towards this 'soft focus' effect in extreme macro! I appreciate you taking time to leave comments, thoughts and peer awards!

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