Peter Curcio  


Bee Flower by Peter Curcio

August 2022 - Bee Flower

About the Image(s)

This photo was captured early afternoon July 3rd at Fresh Pond State Park in Delaware. It was shot with a Nikon d7220 with a 105 mm macro lens at ISO 400, f/2.8. The image was post-processed in PhotoLab 5.

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5 comments posted




Lee Ann Stamm   Lee Ann Stamm
Hello Peter: It's always fun to capture some kind of creature on a flower, however when I look at this image, it is not sharp. I ran it through Topaz Labs on the motion blur option. You must have caught some wind at the last moment. I have attached the Topaz results. I think this made a very acceptable image. You have to enlarge the image to correctly see the results.   Posted: 08/13/2022 09:23:57
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Bob Scott   Bob Scott
Interesting subject, but the lack of sharpness also caught my eye immediately. I don't see the shutter speed mentioned but I wonder if a faster speed would have helped. It's cropped too tight for my taste. the vertical white bar on the left is also distracting,.   Posted: 08/13/2022 11:04:07



Howard Frank   Howard Frank
Good eye to capture the little bee in this flower. I agree that a faster shutter speed, perhaps a higher ISO would help freeze the motion. I also would darken the flower just a bit. It is a little too bright to my eye.   Posted: 08/16/2022 09:39:03



 
Peter, I'm not familiar with the Topaz tool Lee Ann used, but it did bring much of the sharpness back. Given that, I felt the image was a little flat. I decreased the Topaz image exposure a half a stop, and bumped the contrast up a wee bit. With some background editing, I think this is a very good capture!   Posted: 08/17/2022 18:37:53
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Peter Cheung   Peter Cheung
Very nice macro image and capture. I think using Topaz Sharpen AI can cure the motion blur issue of this image. You can also increase the ISO and greatly increase the shuttle speed to avoid motion blur problem. Beautiful capture.   Posted: 08/29/2022 00:30:16