At first when I came to one of my favorite places I was so disappointed because they had mown down so much of the flowers! It looked like there was nothing left. Then I saw this small stand of thistles and the closer I got I couldn’t believe all the activity going on! It was like a mini city!
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I was trying to get as many insects and flowers in focus as I could, so got as close as my camera would let me and the thorns! Anything else.
Technical Details
Is this a composite: No
Nikon D3400
55mm
1/500
f/8
ISO 800
Crop and minor adjustments in light, sharpened, detail
apani.hill
The big thistles are a great pollinator attractor, Vanessa. The tips of the flowers are significantly overexposed. Getting detail in both the brights and the darks likely means that you need a light overcast, rather than direct sun. The bee coming from the bottom corner is a fine extra bit.
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Venessa, maybe by them mowing down most of them caused the bees of different types to have to share the flowers that were left, which worked out nicely for you. I agree with @Mark_Seaver on the brightness. I also like the bee flying in.
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Thanks @Mark_Seaver and @Shirley_Freeman for looking and your feedback! Yeah, I kind of thought it was too bright as well, I guess like you say it’s more the lighting and my bad choice of time of day.
If you enjoyed the moment, I think that is worth a lot. I know I don’t always get to be out when it is the golden hour, but if I get to point my camera at something, and enjoy doing so, to me, that is worth so much.
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Well said @Shirley_Freeman ! That’s the reason I started getting into photography in the first place because I just love being out in nature and love to hike and love animals and just want to be able to capture what I see. Sometimes I get discouraged because I can’t put in a photograph how beautiful something really was or made me feel. But it’s those times that I just have to remember that I enjoy being out there whether I had a camera or not! ‘Enjoy the moment’!
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