Uploaded: November 13, 2009 04:14:28
The bees are still buzzin' at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, TX...
Resubmitted August 2010
Exif: F Number: 4, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/25000 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 250, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 105.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300
Carol Sawyer November 13, 2009
Beautiful macro, colors, clarity and detail, Valarie!! #1204539Shirley Sicurello November 13, 2009
Beautiful capture, love the title. #8127418Tammy M. Anderson November 13, 2009
Beautiful details, colors and clarity, Valarie. Great reminder of Summer. #8127478Agnes Fegan November 13, 2009
This one settled on a pretty flower! Nice details! #8127498Maria A. Gonzalez November 13, 2009
Beautifully compose and bg colors and settings...Excellent details and very pretty pastels colors...Cool title and framing of the flower..Well done,Val. #8127519Jeff Robinson November 13, 2009
Bee-utifully captured Valarie!! Very nice macro work! Jeff #8127531Julie Burnett November 13, 2009
Fantastic details, composition, with wonderful color, Val! Terrific capture!! #8127617Dominick M. Dimacale November 13, 2009
LOvely animal image and details here, Valarie.
Dominick #8127636
Tess L. Yee November 13, 2009
After the weather the past couple days, I'm expecting that anything that didn't drown will be sufficiently chilled as to be rendered motionless.Great capture of this buzzy guy and his pink snack, Valarie! #8127657
Amy M. Wilson November 13, 2009
Fabulous capture, Valarie.... excellent comp, colors, dof and details, just superbly captured and presented, as always!!! #8127662Cathy Barrows November 13, 2009
fabulous...the details in the bee are perfect #8127746Marilyn Cornwell November 13, 2009
Details and composition are beautiful!! #8127752Gord MacEachern November 13, 2009
Sooo fantastic Valarie! The colors and the incredible detail are off the chart! #8127835Karen Bacon November 13, 2009
A great detailed close-up Valerie!Very nicely done! #8127955Ron McEwan November 13, 2009
Absolutely gorgious Valerie. Love those spring and summer shots now that the fall color is gone. #8128011Val Feldman November 13, 2009
Thanks, all, for your comments on this one - I appreciate! For the record, the bees are STILL buzzing here in Central TX - this is a shot taken just last week! #8128068Jack Ryan November 13, 2009
Excellent detail and color in this well composed image. Very good work...as always. #8128092Monnie Ryan November 13, 2009
Wow -- that's an awesome close-up of that bee! Wonderful composition and colors, too -- outstanding, Valarie! #8128121Howard B. Cheek November 13, 2009
Excellent details & DOF Valarie, well composed.Ann Coates November 13, 2009
Stunning Valarie. I love your title. #8128662Anita Hogue November 13, 2009
Oh, such a lovely capture Valarie! A very cute title too! #8128980Ellen Hodges November 13, 2009
Fantastic capture, Valarie! Awesome details! #8129089Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna November 13, 2009
MAGNIFICENT, Val!!! :-) k #8129341Sam Britt November 13, 2009
Terrific detail & color, Valarie. #8129581a2o akmal aini othman November 14, 2009
fantastic capture of this beautiful image, Valarie! very well composed! #8130351Val Feldman November 14, 2009
Thank you, everyone, for stopping by and commenting - as always, it's much appreciated! Have a great weekend! ~Val #8130589John Connolly November 14, 2009
A wonderful title for this well composed floral close up Val! Your color and detail are simply awesome! #8130939Carol L. Fowler November 14, 2009
Cute pose on the bee with perfect DOF and wonderful colors. #8131186Gina Cormier November 14, 2009
Gawd girl....your maco's are just sensational!!! Stunning detail, DOF, color and comp!!! I see another winner here!!! Grovel...grovel.... ;-)Nancy J. Locke November 14, 2009
Beautiful clarity and composition, Valarie!!! Gorgeous shot.Hugs, Nancy J L #8131829
Daniella Puente November 15, 2009
Excellent Valarie! I agree about your macros, they're really good... #8133276Val Feldman November 15, 2009
Thanks John, Carol, Gina, Nancy and Daniella for your comments! ~ValJulianne Bradford November 15, 2009
Beautiful BG and color Valarie! #8134249Marty Straub November 16, 2009
I wonder if the pink lunch is a sweet lunch. Either way this is a sweet photo, Valarie. Great detail on the diner and his food, all in the perfect comp with a pleasing background. #8135545Val Feldman November 16, 2009
Thanks so much Julianne and Marty! #8137202Dianna Murphy November 18, 2009
Beautiful color, detail and light, Great job. #8142389Nadia Paul September 15, 2010
Beautiful colors, comp and detail Val - congrats! #8905372Rona L. Schwarz September 15, 2010
You're macros are stellar, Val, and this is just another fine example!Nancy (Peaches) Harker September 15, 2010
Stefania Barbier September 16, 2010
fantastic finalist, congratulations! #8907538Marilyn Cornwell September 16, 2010
Beautiful composition on this great finalist, Valarie! #8908120Kathy Cline September 16, 2010
Dont ya just love re submits??Nancyj E. Hovey September 16, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SCarol Eade September 25, 2010
Beautiful macro, Valarie, congratulations! #8929873Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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