# Spring is here **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** editors-pick, macro-close-up\ **Created:** [March 22, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-is-here/45964 "2025-03-22T04:56:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dean\_Salman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dean_salman/32/13291_2.png) [@Dean\_Salman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dean_Salman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-is-here/45964/1 "2025-03-22T04:56:38Z")
![bee-GV-_12A9303.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/5/a/5a2a1d8bfd0ffa68e3ebbd10dcc209b5f1a8eead.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_ > > The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image. ### Description Flowers are starting to bloom here more and more bees are coming out. I wanted to see how the other camera would do with the bee photos I like to do. ### Specific Feedback I darken the background but is it still bright. Any distractions, the plant is dense. ### Technical Details Canon r6ii RF 100mm f/2.8 macro. 1/1600 f/13 ISO 6400 I am trying to set up C2 custom for bee photography. still learning * * * ### Critique Template Use of the template is optional, but it can help spark ideas. - Vision and Purpose: - Conceptual: - Emotional Impact and Mood: - Composition: - Balance and Visual Weight: - Depth and Dimension: - Color: - Lighting: - Processing: - Technical: ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-is-here/45964/2 "2025-03-22T14:46:54Z")
Incredible detail in the hair on this bee, Dean. Nice angle and you must be getting very close to these to do this with 100mm. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Freeman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/shirley_freeman/32/11361_2.png) [@Shirley\_Freeman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Shirley_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-is-here/45964/3 "2025-03-22T19:45:22Z")
Wonderful details in the bee, Dean. It is all about the bee, the BG isn’t distracting to me. Well done! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Breitkreuz](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/paul_breitkreuz/32/400_2.png) [@Paul\_Breitkreuz](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Paul_Breitkreuz)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-is-here/45964/4 "2025-03-23T19:07:29Z")
Dean, this is truly “eye popping” and not meant as a pun by any means. Detail throughout is amazing. Clicking on your personal icon you mention you’re working hard on photographing bees. Seems as though you’ve mastered the macro work here… 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Fach](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_fach/32/78290_2.png) [@Bill\_Fach](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Fach)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-is-here/45964/5 "2025-03-24T03:39:23Z")
Dean: One of your best and if this is not a drastic crop you’re doing really well to get this kind of frame filling result with a 100mm. Besides the terrific detail on the bee I also like this BG much better that some of your previous. Superbly crafted image.\>=))\> ---
**Author:** ![Dean\_Salman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dean_salman/32/13291_2.png) [@Dean\_Salman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dean_Salman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-is-here/45964/6 "2025-03-24T03:55:14Z")
Thanks for the comments, @Bill_Fach , @Paul_Breitkreuz , @Dennis_Plank , and @Shirley_Freeman. This home we moved to in July has a wonderful bush that maybe 100 bees at a time love every day. I sit in my small pop up chair about 18 inches off the ground. Then get right to the edge of this large bush. I have dark clothes on so they seem to leave me alone. This camera was full frame, so I had more wiggle room to get the bee in the FOV. The canon r7 works better but I have very little wiggle room. They also don’t sit on the flower very long, but there are many of them ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-is-here/45964/8 "2025-03-25T12:18:18Z")
Dean, the bee is amazingly sharp throughout. That (and darkening the surroundings, subtly) let it stand out nicely from the surroundings. A fine capture. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Friel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mike_friel/32/28003_2.png) [@Mike\_Friel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mike_Friel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-is-here/45964/9 "2025-04-03T14:30:30Z")
Dean, I love how the flower frames the top part of the bee. Really sharp! Congrats on the EP.