Cindy Post
November 2025 - Searching for pollen
About the Image(s)
ISO 640, 250 mm, f 6.3, 1/1600
I captured this photo at a local park. I used minimal processing in Lightroom and a very close crop.
2 comments posted
Cindy,
Really like this image! The bee is sharp and so is the stem and flowers. I like that the stem is at an angle. Great separation between the bee and the green soft background! That makes for a more dynamic image. I only wish those little blue flowers were a bit more full. Seems like they are at the end of their season. Posted: 11/14/2025 22:30:17
Really like this image! The bee is sharp and so is the stem and flowers. I like that the stem is at an angle. Great separation between the bee and the green soft background! That makes for a more dynamic image. I only wish those little blue flowers were a bit more full. Seems like they are at the end of their season. Posted: 11/14/2025 22:30:17
Hi Cindy
I don't know if it would have occurred to me to articulate, but I like David's point about the stem (which if it weren't for those flowers, looks just like a piece of asparagus) being composed at an angle. I feel like my inclination would have been to make it vertical but angled the way you've chosen gives it something more - I like it. You've also given your subject a little room to "breath", which also works well.
In terms of ideas to explore, there are some blacks/shadows on the bee itself that are clipped, which you could try to recover by bringing up your shadows a bit. If you go into the Develop module in LR and hit the "J" key to toggle the highlight/shadow clipping indicators, you can see what I'm talking about and monitor your progress of recovering them.
Thanks for sharing!
Josh Posted: 11/16/2025 13:24:44
I don't know if it would have occurred to me to articulate, but I like David's point about the stem (which if it weren't for those flowers, looks just like a piece of asparagus) being composed at an angle. I feel like my inclination would have been to make it vertical but angled the way you've chosen gives it something more - I like it. You've also given your subject a little room to "breath", which also works well.
In terms of ideas to explore, there are some blacks/shadows on the bee itself that are clipped, which you could try to recover by bringing up your shadows a bit. If you go into the Develop module in LR and hit the "J" key to toggle the highlight/shadow clipping indicators, you can see what I'm talking about and monitor your progress of recovering them.
Thanks for sharing!
Josh Posted: 11/16/2025 13:24:44