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Bee Photobomb—I was shooting pictures of flowers, and this bee photobombed this shot.

Bee Photobomb—I was shooting pictures of flowers, and this bee photobombed this shot.
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3 Comments | Report
atulspecial
 
atulspecial October 29, 2017
Ohhhh wowwwww
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martinconrad November 01, 2017
Thanks!
geertweggen
 
geertweggen April 19, 2018
Beautiful moment and tones.
InkLove
 
InkLove March 24, 2022
Beautiful
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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken at a curbside flower garden in the neighborhood near my apartment complex, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Time

This was truly a happy accident; I was just wandering around with my camera, trying my hand at some nature/floral photos. It was midmorning, so the light wasn't the best, but fortunately, there was some shadow from an overhanging tree branch. I saw this particular bloom and like the color contrast between the petals, the stamens, and the background. As you can see, I was focused on the flower, but as I clicked the shot the bee flew through the frame. I didn't even see the bee until I got home and was processing the RAW file for publication.

Lighting

As I said above, the light was rapidly becoming too flat, but the dappling of the sun through the leaves of an overhanging tree helped to give depth and interest to the composition.

Equipment

Camera: PENTAX *ist DS Aperture: 8/1 ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/500 Focal Length: 50/1

Inspiration

I had not done a lot of floral/nature photography at this time, so I was just experimenting and learning.

Editing

I did; I have an iMac, and I use Affinity Photo 1.6.7 to process my RAW files—mostly for exposure, contrast, saturation, clarity, and a bit of sharpening, as well as cropping, of course. As a rule I try to keep the post-processing to a minimum (unless I'm going for a particular artistic look like antique sepia-tone or heavy film grain, etc.)

In my camera bag

I've since upgraded to a Pentax K-70. On the camera is usually my Pentax DA 50mm f1.8 lens, and in the bag is also the the kit lens, a Pentax SMCP-DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL WR (Weather Resistant) Autofocus Zoom Lens, as well as a Sigma 70-210mm F4-5.6, a variable ND filter, a polarizing filter, spare batteries and SD cards, my cable release, IR remote, and AC power adapter.

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Keep at it—get out there, click the shutter A LOT. Be prepared to discard a lot of frames, but keep your eye out for that one attention-grabber that almost always is hidden in among the rest. Remember, people will only see the photos you share, so taking some crappy shots is nothing to be embarrassed about and always a learning experience. Ignore trolls, but heed helpful critiques, nevertheless always bearing in mind that YOUR photography is YOUR vision. If a picture expresses what you wanted it to express, then you have achieved your goal with it. If someone doesn't like it, they can go take their own photo in their own way.

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