PlayRaw: Sleeping bumblebee

[Karl]

Woke up this morning to find a bumblebee fast asleep in one of our sunflowers. Taken with off-camera flash (amazingly the bee kept sleeping through this - he was there for over an hour before he woke up and flew away.)

My take is here, but I’m interested to see what anyone else can do with it.

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[Claes]

Nice shot, @Karl!
One interpretation would be to put all emphasis on Sleeping Beauty:

Your 100mm macro lens seems to be a good one

Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Sweden

[age]

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[Thomas_Do (Thomas)]

Are you sure it’s only sleeping?

[Karl]

Yes - it woke up about an hour after I finished shooting, gathered some more pollen then flew away.

[Thomas_Do (Thomas)]

Thank goodness!

[CarVac]

With Filmulator:

• Exposure Compensation -2/3
• Shadow Rolloff Point 0.00179
• Drama 62
• White Clipping Point 0.55

And a crop.

[Jade_NL (Jacques)]

First time using Filmulator:

• Exposure - 0.33
• Shadow Rolloff Point 0.0022
• Highlight Rolloff Point 0.69
• Drama 48
• White Clipping Point 0.55
• Shadow Brightness 132.5
• Highlight Brightness 961.3
• Vibrance 22.65
• Saturation 7.18

And cropped.

[Thomas_Do (Thomas)]

Wonderful details.

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[heckflosse (Ingo Weyrich)]

The details in this macro shot are really awesome

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[Adlatus]

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[notbatman (Bruce Gordon)]

She:)