Eight-toothed Cuckoo Leaf-cutter Bee (Coelioxys octodentatus) - (So I'm told)

Taken last summer

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Canon 7D mark II w/ Canon 100mm macro lens. 1/500 sec @ f/6.3. ISO 160. Hand held

Marc, I am sure enjoying this image. The lighting to me is really sweet. The details in the bee is spot on. Only thing I wish is a little more room on the left side. Seems the bee is real close to the edge for my taste. I would still love to claim this one as my own!

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Whoa, Marc. This is amazing, hand held, iso at 160 and you still got such wonderful detail on the bee. The colors of the plant and background compliment the bee very nicely. Great photo and nicely done.

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Marc: Terrific detail on the bee and really interesting lighting. I like your DOF control as well. The near pano crop works for me but as presented I think there is too much empty uninteresting space above the bee. I find that landscape/pano images that have the “horizon” at the midline generally not as appealing. I would crop this significantly from the top and a bit from the right to fill the FG with the flower bud bunch. Back to you. >=))>

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