nina050

The Hover

The Hover

A bee looks for nectar on a garden flower

A bee looks for nectar on a garden flower
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NIKON D750

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Aperture f/9 ISO 500 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 1800/10

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Aug, 2015

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3424

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+486

Awards

Winner in Flowers Up Close Photo Challenge

Winner in Insects in flight Photo Challenge

Winner in Insects in flight Photo Challenge

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Absolute Masterpiece

+65

Outstanding Creativity

+62

Top Choice

+47

Superb Composition

+37

All Star

+16

Superior Skill

+10

Magnificent Capture

+9

Genius

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Love this shot!

Platinum

You ARE a genius.........beautiful edit my twin!!

Platinum

This is one of my favorites on your gallery. You have really come a long way. Your editing skills are developing into real nice art/photography form. AWESOME WORK...

This is awesome...I really enjoy the artistic feeling of your
photo!!

This is so well done Nina!! Love it!!

Platinum

You took beautiful care with this image. Perfect edit and composition. Very well done.

absolutely Stunning,Nina :)

Beautiful...love the soft feel of this image!

So gorgeous!!!!! LOVE this!!! :)

Platinum

wow you nailed it. Love the colors and the clear shot of the bee. Outstanding capture.

Excellent work !

Fantastic! Love it!

Stunning!

Beautiful

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I love the softness in this image, you need to teach my this technique, wonderful!
Martha

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Well done.

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Beautiful art. The bee is sharp. This photo gives me the feeling that that's what the bee sees.... Beautifully done.

wow this is gorgeous:))

Beautiful! Congrats.

Fantastic image, would love to know your post process, just incredible

Congrats !

So pretty!

Congratulations on your award!

Voted Just Flowers

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Wow, this is so beautiful! lovely processing!

Platinum

Love this ..beautifully captured:-)

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Beautiful - what editing techniques are you using?

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great image

Wonderful! It looks like a painting :)

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Voted Springtime Macro!

What a wonderfully dreamy shot - very creative and artistic.

How gorgeous this is, Nina! Wow!

A worthy winner of my challenge :)

Platinum

Beautiful work! Congratulations on another Challenge Win.

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Congratulations on winning the Insects in Flight Challenge! You go, girl! This is a fabulous piece of art!

So creative and incredibly creative!!! 䙔

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Congratulations on another Challenge Win.

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Still loving it!! Congrats on another well deserved award!!
: )

Congrats on your win Flowers up Close Photo Challenge

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3 Challenge WINS! Very exciting! Congrats, Nina!

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WOW - You have a great portfolio. It was wonderful meeting you today at Calero...

Thank you for joining my yellow flower challenge

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