Here goes my first photo....

SJW

New member
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I took this earlier today. I am looking forward to everyone's comments. Here's the photo info:

Camera: D3100
1/60s; f5.6
Exposure Prog: Aper Priority

Thanks,
Stan
 

Joseph Bautsch

New member
Hi, Stan. Good shot good exposure and bokeh (the background blurred out). (Using the f/5.6 gave you the good bokeh.) Good use of depth of field. The bee and the top half of the flower stem are in focus. Again, using f/5.6 gave you just enough depth of field to keep the bee in focus and the background out of focus. Since the bee seems to be the primary subject, next time I would get a little closer to make it more dominant. You can also crop this shot down closer to the bee and achieve the same effect. I would also use the vertical format, portrait, rather than the horizontal, or landscape. That will get rid of the empty space on either side of the bee and flower. That is also more in keeping with the vertical formatting of the flower. What lens are you using? Overall good job. Hope this helps.
 
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KWJams

Senior Member
I agree with JB with the portrait layout and I would recommend to crop the image so the rule of thirds are being applied instead of the center mass bulls eye.
 
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SJW

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Joseph & ken,
Thanks for your comments. I will crop the image and see what I can do. I used my 18-55mm lens.
 
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