Busy Echinops

[AlanLichty]

A scene I spotted while looking for things to aim my lens at in my backyard a couple of days ago.

C&C always welcome

 

[JimFox]

That flower is the place to be it looks like Alan! It must be pretty tasty.

Nice capture.

 

[AlanLichty]

That flower is the place to be it looks like Alan! It must be pretty tasty.

Nice capture.

Thanks Jim - I have seen several bees and wasps on these flowers at the same time but the ladybug was a first sighting for me. There must be some aphids on there as well.

 

[Peter Michal]

A scene I spotted while looking for things to aim my lens at in my backyard a couple of days ago.

C&C always welcome

Wonderful Alan.. this is a real gem.. the subject matter and also Your processing! Beautiful colors of the flower.. but the composition was "invented" by the ladybug in the foreground, which was well seconded by the orange bee!

 

[AlanLichty]

Wonderful Alan.. this is a real gem.. the subject matter and also Your processing! Beautiful colors of the flower.. but the composition was "invented" by the ladybug in the foreground, which was well seconded by the orange bee!

Thanks Peter - I got a new camera (Canon R5 Mark II) and and was testing how well IBIS worked with a 100-400mm lens and a 1.4x extender for handheld shooting at 560mm and ran across this small scene in my yard. Not my usual processing workflow since the camera RAW outputs aren't compatible with either DxO or Topaz tools but Adobe seems to work just fine. I was pretty happy with how this one came out.

 

[Joe Colozzo]

very nice and packed with color

 

[AlanLichty]

very nice and packed with color

Thanks Joe!

 

[murali]

The ladybug is a huge bonus. Depth of field is optimal and spot on.

 

[AlanLichty]

The ladybug is a huge bonus. Depth of field is optimal and spot on.

Thanks - the ladybug stole the scene. I had been shooting lots of bees on these blooms when I spotted this scene.

 

[Peter Michal]

Thanks Peter - I got a new camera (Canon R5 Mark II) and and was testing how well IBIS worked with a 100-400mm lens and a 1.4x extender for handheld shooting at 560mm and ran across this small scene in my yard. Not my usual processing workflow since the camera RAW outputs aren't compatible with either DxO or Topaz tools but Adobe seems to work just fine. I was pretty happy with how this one came out.

Anyway congrats on the new Canon camera..enjoy it Alan! The scene of your photo processed in Adobe is perfect. I also use Adobe/Topaz. They work very well together.

 

[AlanLichty]

Anyway congrats on the new Canon camera..enjoy it Alan! The scene of your photo processed in Adobe is perfect. I also use Adobe/Topaz. They work very well together.

Thanks Peter - I have been able to use Topaz but only with a file that Adobe has converted (LR or ACR) from RAW. I usually preprocess using DxO PureRAW but DxO doesn't support the R5m2 yet.