Dr Isaac Vaisman, PPSA  


Bee and Lotus by Dr Isaac Vaisman, PPSA

August 2018 - Bee and Lotus

About the Image(s)

I was looking back in our group submissions and saw Bill’s image of a Lotus from 2 years ago and I had mentioned that I have captured a lot of images of Lotus at the Kenilworth Aquatic Garden in Washington-DC and that it was difficult to capture an image without “invaders”. Well, here I have one created last year using a Nikon D4 with the Sigma sport lens 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 on a tripod and with these settings: 600 mm, ISO 800, f/8 and 1/2500 sec
What really is fascinating is to see how the bees transport the pollen on their legs.
The image was cropped and adjusted for brightness and vibrance. A vignette was added.


This round’s discussion is now closed!
11 comments posted




 
So am I to gather that orange blob is pollen that they transport from flower to flower? Anyway this is a really outstanding photo Isaac! It's most amazing to me to see the detail in the bee! I also like the amazing detail of the flower on the right. The vignette works well to focus the attention of the viewer onto the central subject. Really amazing image and I admire the work that you put into creating this photo Isaac!   Posted: 08/04/2018 10:33:15
Dr Isaac Vaisman   Dr Isaac Vaisman
Yes David, it is pollen   Posted: 08/04/2018 14:40:42



Erik Rosengren   Erik Rosengren
Isaac, this image is spectacular. The soft pink peddles create the leading line, the varied colors bring visual IMPACT into play and to top it off the bee is razor sharp. The vignette contains your work on the canvas, bravo.   Posted: 08/04/2018 13:11:30



 
I'm really impressed by your ability to capture the bee with such great resolution, and then have the flower not quite so sharp so as not to distract from the bee. Great shot!
  Posted: 08/06/2018 14:48:11
Dr Isaac Vaisman   Dr Isaac Vaisman
Joe, this is one of the gifted possibilities in digital photography and the modern DSLR's, and film being "free", you press the shutter, with 12 frames per second, you do not stop until the buffer fills up......   Posted: 08/06/2018 15:23:18



Guy Davies   Guy Davies
Brilliant shot of the bee, Isaac! And yes I too have observed bees loaded with pollen, in our garden at home. I am impressed by the sharp focus on the bee making it the centre of attention. Composition is good too with the golden stamens seeming to rise from the bottom right corner to greet the bee with their heads lowered in submission! The rest of the flower head provides context without being distracting.   Posted: 08/08/2018 07:57:17



Dr Isaac Vaisman   Dr Isaac Vaisman
It is interesting as how different observers have different observations about this image. At the local camera club, when I submitted this for competition, the only observation of the judge was that the green background was too noisy..... nothing else about the image. Well; Oh Well !!!   Posted: 08/10/2018 10:23:37
Guy Davies   Guy Davies
What do judges know about photography? (I do judging so I'm qualified to comment!) Seriously, some judges in my experience seem to judge by formula rather than looking at the picture as a whole. The best comment I ever heard about a judge was, "He's had a charisma bypass!"   Posted: 08/11/2018 06:52:37
Dr Isaac Vaisman   Dr Isaac Vaisman
Great comment !!!!   Posted: 08/11/2018 10:50:18



Ian Chantler   Ian Chantler
Hi Isaac
The quality of nature images members of this group can produce never fails to amaze me the way you have managed to keep the bee so sharp is superb.As for the green background this just makes the bee stand out even more in my opinion a quite remarkable image.   Posted: 08/11/2018 08:05:00



Bill Buchanan   Bill Buchanan
Everything works well in this image. The colors are outstanding. Everything is tack sharp as it should be. I may be inclined to crop a bit tighter.   Posted: 08/23/2018 09:36:14