Comment from Phyllis Stewart
What gorrrgeous colors and angle, showing his wings so clearly against the soft background. This could use a bit of sharpening and some shadow/highlight adjustment on the dark center.

 Comment Written 14-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 14-Jan-2013

Thanks for your review, much appreciated.

Comment from marieann green
Beautifully composed. Tad soft on the flowers but colors are excellent. Good entry for the contest. Very nicely done

 Comment Written 13-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 13-Jan-2013

Thanks so much for your feedback.

Comment from Susan F. M. T.
Mary,
A beautifully sunlit picture of this Honey bee its head deep into the purple floret. Its gossamere wings against the soft blurred green background. Beautiful composition with superb camera techniques & sharp focus.
Susan

 Comment Written 12-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 12-Jan-2013

Thanks so much Susan (although it is a blind contest not sure how you knew it was me) I do appreciate your feedback :)

Comment from Alexander Grant
I like it, seems slightly out of focus though. nice work on cropping. vivid colors. Great photo. Congratulations.

 Comment Written 12-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 12-Jan-2013

Thanks for your feedback.

Comment from Brian B
Very nice capture of this bee and love the bright purple flower. The clarity is good and beautiful colors and tones. Well detailed image and nice background. Good camera techniques. Good luck in the contest.

 Comment Written 12-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 12-Jan-2013

Thanks so much for your feedback.

Comment from sohailanwar
fabulous close up of bee and beautiful flowers,so lovely colors and clear view,good contrast and light with perfection in quality shot..

 Comment Written 12-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 12-Jan-2013

Thanks so much, I appreciate your positive feedback.

Comment from Jairos
very nice MACRO shot good DOF, very nice lighting and I really like the angle, your framing is good, focus is good good camera settings well done , - jairos

 Comment Written 12-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 12-Jan-2013

Thanks so much, saw your bee photograph after I loaded this totally amazed by that one :)

Comment from drmerlin
This is a lovely composition. Great colours and perfect aperture selection. I appreciate that these shots are incredibly difficult to get (I have been largely unsuccessful with these so far). My only criticism is that the image is a tad soft. One tip that might help is to switch to automatic burst mode when taking these kinds of pictures and then fire off several shots in rapid succession. According to Scott Kelby, this maximises your chances of getting one frame that is tack sharp. I hope that this helps. Nice work though...

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 Comment Written 12-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 12-Jan-2013

Thanks so much, they are difficult and had limited space to move in which added to difficulty degree - thanks for your feedback :)

Comment from Regina E.H-Ariel
Very beautiful picture with wonderful colors and the bee in full action - perfect camera settings - good focus - great angle - good frame - good DOF - good lighting - good presentation

 Comment Written 12-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 12-Jan-2013

Thanks so much, appreciate your feedback.

Comment from Cassandra01
A very nice shot of this bee with great initial impact. The color here is really great. I like the softness of the dof but the bee itself looks just a little soft. Also his head is a little dark, I would try dodging it just a bit. Excellent composition on the thirds with nice balance from the flowers. Overall excellent shot.

 Comment Written 12-Jan-2013

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reply by the author on 12-Jan-2013

Thanks so much, really appreciate your feedback.