Comment from Susan F. M. T.
Mary,
A beautiful picture of the Honey Here collecting nectar from the. White flower, the details of it's eyes, tongue wings & the fine bristles on it's thorax. Beautiful composition framing & lighting with superb camera techniques with sharp focus.
Susan

 Comment Written 09-Jan-2015

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reply by the author on 10-Jan-2015

Thanks so much Susan, I appreciate your encouraging and positive feedback. :) Mary

Comment from supergold
an excellent framing but I am always surprised when most people indicate that the focus is fine; unfortunately, the bumble bee is clearly out of focus and a tad too dark;

 Comment Written 11-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 12-Dec-2014

Thanks Fred, sometimes you put one up that you know isn't quite right and get all these great reviews and wonder if it is your eyesight or computer misleading you so I appreciate your honest feedback. :) Mary

Comment from jesuel
What an amazing and beautiful photo I really like how you got in so very close the color is great the detail is great fine work here

 Comment Written 05-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 06-Dec-2014

Thanks for your encouraging words much appreciated ☺

Comment from Mara del Mar
OMG! I would want a six stars here, but not I have already! Great macro shot of the bee. Amazing details, color, and sharp focus. Nice illumination, clarity, and texture. Great camera skills. Well done.
Mara

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2014

Thanks Mara your encouraging review is appreciated. :) Mary

Comment from jaguarXFR
To me this is just a touch out of focus but that could be FAR. The framing is nice and tight with the bee centre attraction. The flower is bright with some detail in it. Although you can see detail in the bee and is not clear and crisp it is a nice attempt of a close up.

David

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2014

Thanks David I appreciate your feedback. :) Mary

Comment from allanoak
What a nice macro shot of a feeding bee. The composition is good. The bees dark legs contrast nicely with the light flower.

Now, the focus.

Macro is difficult as the depth of field is very limited. So the rule is to get the eye spot on. That of course is easier said than done.

If you have it on your camera, I use a zoom in focus button where I can see the image on my live screen It can zoom 5x or 10x. At 10x you can really fine tune the focus point. It helps to make macros sharper and worth the effort. Of course, this assumes you have the camera on a tripod.

Good luck

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2014

Thanks so much, I appreciate your indepth review and suggestions. :) Mary

Comment from Mamafogs
This is a great picture of this creature. You can see he actually has a fur coat on his torso. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 03-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 03-Dec-2014

Thanks for the positive feedback

Comment from DavidP
Looks just like our honey bees and I'm sure that's what this one is working on. Nice photo of this bee and you brought us in nice and close to see every detail of this busy worker. Good shooting Mary and thanks for sharing it.

 Comment Written 03-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 03-Dec-2014

Thanks David I appreciate your feedback

Comment from gidavidson
A very good view on this working honey bee. Like the dark background, good focus and frame to show the happy bee details. Good to see the bees working around the world.

 Comment Written 03-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 03-Dec-2014

Thanks George I appreciate your comments

Comment from Jairos
the angle is great, Good initial impact, good Frame and detail the clarity is good, i notice a bit soft focus, good lighting and colors good Job Jairos

 Comment Written 03-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 03-Dec-2014

Thanks jairos appreciate your feedback