Lori J Pierson
WK 11_22_LPierson
Canon EOS Rebel SL1
ISO 200 194mm f/11 1/100
April 9, 2018 1:53 pm PST 4:53 pm EST
Photographing bees is harder than I anticipated based on their speed and in my mind, unpredictable flight patterns. My strategy was to focus on a group of lavender flowers and wait for the bee. The colors of the flowers, the stems and the contrasting yellow of the bee reinforce the feeling of spring.
The image was originally shot in a horizontal format. The left side of the photo was empty of any detail so I cropped to a vertical format to support the orientation of the pant. The slight bokeh and blurred background with the repeating color patterns allow the viewer to focus on the detail in the foreground. Interestingly I think the shape of the eye of the bee almost mimic the pattern in the lavender buds. The downward direction of the bee contrasts with the upward direction of the flowers and the bee faces into the top of the curved bud. I think this image could be cropped even tighter as an option with the just the bee and the flowers back into a horizontal format.
Post production included the cropping, minimal white balance adjustment and sharpening. I have a tendency to underexpose as I'm taking the image and manage adjustments in post processing.
WK 11_22_LPierson
Canon EOS Rebel SL1
ISO 200 194mm f/11 1/100
April 9, 2018 1:53 pm PST 4:53 pm EST
Photographing bees is harder than I anticipated based on their speed and in my mind, unpredictable flight patterns. My strategy was to focus on a group of lavender flowers and wait for the bee. The colors of the flowers, the stems and the contrasting yellow of the bee reinforce the feeling of spring.
The image was originally shot in a horizontal format. The left side of the photo was empty of any detail so I cropped to a vertical format to support the orientation of the pant. The slight bokeh and blurred background with the repeating color patterns allow the viewer to focus on the detail in the foreground. Interestingly I think the shape of the eye of the bee almost mimic the pattern in the lavender buds. The downward direction of the bee contrasts with the upward direction of the flowers and the bee faces into the top of the curved bud. I think this image could be cropped even tighter as an option with the just the bee and the flowers back into a horizontal format.
Post production included the cropping, minimal white balance adjustment and sharpening. I have a tendency to underexpose as I'm taking the image and manage adjustments in post processing.