Honey Bee

tltan · 21st June 2006

Good capture. But I think if you crop off the left side with the blue and green part.

Regards,
tltan

jcho · 21st June 2006

Thanks for the advice

jcho · 21st June 2006

Do you think cropping it will remove some feature of the flower?

tltan · 21st June 2006

Originally Posted by jcho

Do you think cropping it will remove some feature of the flower?

Depends on what you want to portray? =)

But its just 2 cents worth. Dont worry about my comments. If you feel your picture is good, then its good!

Not kidding nor sarcastic. Own satisfaction in your own photo is the best.

Regards,
tltan

tltan · 21st June 2006

I try to make some changes. See whether you like it. But importantly, try to minimize cropping as (1) It makes PS the mainstream and not photography. (2) loss of resolution and hence cant blow the pic big big! hehe (3) no more fun in actual photography composition. Therefore, I advocate compose properly and unless no choice, then use cropping.

For the below pictures, I just rotate a bit to portrait or rotate arbitarily to an angle to give different view of the same picture you posted. Hope you dont mind. If not, I will take down asap. 3 things were done: (1) PS sharpen (not unsharp mask as I dont know how to do that) (2) Curves (adjust until I think its nice so subjective) and (3) crop random size.

#1

#2

#3

Hope you dont mind my itchy hands. hehe. Quite free today.

Regards,
tltan

Jayson_Ang · 21st June 2006

personally i would pick #2
as for #1 and #3, the gravitational pull on the insect makes its position looks weird ...

Qazwer · 21st June 2006

I'll go for #2 too. But I still feels that the pic has slight blue cast. Nice lightings, though.

tltan · 21st June 2006

EH!

I just use PS to correct. There is only one picture. Comment on threadstarter's picture only. Dont comment my ps

.

Sorry jcho for any OT regarding this.

Regards,
tltan

jcho · 21st June 2006

No Problem for me...just learning from you guys....cropping make a difference

Qazwer · 22nd June 2006

haha ... put the cropping aside. I still feel that the blue cast is there.

Jayson_Ang · 22nd June 2006

go PS, try your luck with Auto Levels or Auto Color
No Luck? Set Color Balance ...

sweeann · 24th June 2006

Some shots taken some months back...

1.

2.

Jayson_Ang · 25th June 2006

hi sweeann,
not sure if jcho minds if you post your picture in his thread
but if you want comments for your pics, you could start a new thread
nice capture, by the way ...

jcho · 25th June 2006

I have no problem.

But better to start your own thread in the future some may not like it.

Cheers

20th June 2006	#1
jcho Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Eastern SGP Posts: 760	Honey Bee Last edited by jcho; 20th June 2006 at 11:27 PM.

21st June 2006	#4
jcho Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Eastern SGP Posts: 760	Re: Honey Bee Do you think cropping it will remove some feature of the flower?

21st June 2006	#6
tltan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,330	Re: Honey Bee I try to make some changes. See whether you like it. But importantly, try to minimize cropping as (1) It makes PS the mainstream and not photography. (2) loss of resolution and hence cant blow the pic big big! hehe (3) no more fun in actual photography composition. Therefore, I advocate compose properly and unless no choice, then use cropping. For the below pictures, I just rotate a bit to portrait or rotate arbitarily to an angle to give different view of the same picture you posted. Hope you dont mind. If not, I will take down asap. 3 things were done: (1) PS sharpen (not unsharp mask as I dont know how to do that) (2) Curves (adjust until I think its nice so subjective) and (3) crop random size. #1 #2 #3 Hope you dont mind my itchy hands. hehe. Quite free today. Regards, tltan

21st June 2006	#7
Jayson_Ang Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 798	Re: Honey Bee personally i would pick #2 as for #1 and #3, the gravitational pull on the insect makes its position looks weird ...

21st June 2006	#8
Qazwer Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: My beautiful earth Posts: 1,569	Re: Honey Bee I'll go for #2 too. But I still feels that the pic has slight blue cast. Nice lightings, though.

21st June 2006	#2
tltan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,330	Re: Honey Bee Good capture. But I think if you crop off the left side with the blue and green part. Regards, tltan

21st June 2006	#3
jcho Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Eastern SGP Posts: 760	Re: Honey Bee Thanks for the advice

21st June 2006	#9
tltan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,330	Re: Honey Bee EH! I just use PS to correct. There is only one picture. Comment on threadstarter's picture only. Dont comment my ps . Sorry jcho for any OT regarding this. Regards, tltan

21st June 2006	#10
jcho Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Eastern SGP Posts: 760	Re: Honey Bee No Problem for me...just learning from you guys....cropping make a difference

22nd June 2006	#11
Qazwer Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: My beautiful earth Posts: 1,569	Re: Honey Bee haha ... put the cropping aside. I still feel that the blue cast is there.

22nd June 2006	#12
Jayson_Ang Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 798	Re: Honey Bee go PS, try your luck with Auto Levels or Auto Color No Luck? Set Color Balance ...

24th June 2006	#13
sweeann New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 33	Re: Honey Bee Some shots taken some months back... 1. 2.

25th June 2006	#14
Jayson_Ang Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 798	Re: Honey Bee hi sweeann, not sure if jcho minds if you post your picture in his thread but if you want comments for your pics, you could start a new thread nice capture, by the way ...

25th June 2006	#15
jcho Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Eastern SGP Posts: 760	Re: Honey Bee I have no problem. But better to start your own thread in the future some may not like it. Cheers