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63 Dec 21 Comment Hi Charles: Welcome to our group. Like your detailed comments and points taken on each image.
Detail on the Bee is pretty good, handholding a long macro lens such as your 180 at 1/250 of a second is hard to do (unless you have your VR turned on). As the bee seems shaded by the flower petals the lighting on the bee is soft and pleasant. Just a thought -- I would remove the dark green leaf at the bottom right corner as I feel it does not enhance your picture, in fact perhaps a distraction as it takes your attention away from the bee. It would be easy to clone in some yellow over the dark green leaf.
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63 Dec 21 Comment Hi Richard: You did very well in shooting the butterfly in flight, very hard to do !! To me your placement of the subject within the frame is ideal placed in the 1/3 power point area in the upper right using the rule of thirds as a reference.
As Barbara mentions darkening the background somewhat would place more emphasis on the butterfly. 		Dec 11th
63 Dec 21 Reply Hi All: Thanks for your comments. I will do more work off the original and not darken the background to jet black, but darken down somewhat. Will leave a little dark detail in the background and see what that looks like. The black background is not black poster board or black velvet, but done totally in post processing. Take Care... Dec 10th
63 Dec 21 Comment Hi Priscilla: Shimmer and Glimmer is certainly a good title for this picture. The leaf has an interesting texture and design lines that is unique, then the late afternoon lighting was ideal. The out of focus upper right area of the leaf that is darker in tone really does not add anything to the overall image. I would probably crop from the top somewhat and then totally black out the remaining part of that leaf. The blacked out area would then match the black areas at the left. The main leaf is so interesting it is worth a try. Dec 9th
63 Dec 21 Comment Hi Barbara: The very saturated warm tone colors of the flower petals, also the very sharp central area of the flower itself carry a lot of impact. Regarding the curved petals being not quite sharp in places: Neal is the pro here regarding focus stacking, am sure he will offer some suggestions. Dec 9th
63 Dec 21 Comment Hi Alane: Interesting choice of subject in red, blue, green and yellow and the colors work well together. The background is kind of busy with bright areas which I think are distracting, if you would consider toning down those bright areas it would help your image immensely. Good sharpness on the pinwheel. Dec 9th
63 Dec 21 Comment Hi Neal: You have attained very good sharpness on the Damselfly at f/22 with perfect exposure and lighting. Having the Damselfly placed on a diagonal from bottom left to upper right works very well from a composition standpoint. Really like your inset border which adds another point of interest to this image, also the border color blends in very well. If I had a nit it would be the background is a bit light in tone, but not offensively so. You might try to tone it down somewhat, however it would be very difficult to make it look right. Working out in the field always has its challenges to deal with. Nice Work !! Dec 9th
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