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28-OCT-2008 Lydia

Bee Happy, Or else.

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Date/Time28-Oct-2008 12:13:22
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Canon DSLR Challenge02-Nov-2008 22:37
I'll be waiting to see your stuff, Tom. It's really fun. And the dead ones rarely move. :)

Kurt, it was stationary difused lighting from the sides.

Thanks, Doug. :) ~Lydia
Guest 31-Oct-2008 12:33
You really "caught" a great expression here Lydia! Macro world is always amazing and you nicely illustrate its complexity. Did you use flash lighting? - angioman
ctfchallenge30-Oct-2008 00:56
I like your bee many times more than Hirst's Shark but it doesn't seem so minimal of color with all those yellows and oranges and rusts and ocres - a whole earthy pallet. But you've provided inspiration to us National Geographic wannabes who can't seem to get them live. I never thought of the dead ones before. What a revelation. Now I have reason to wipe the dust off my macro lens. -tv
ctfchallenge29-Oct-2008 22:42
You made a dead bee come alive. Well done Lydia. -COAmature
ctfchallenge29-Oct-2008 02:38
Hmmmm... If Mr. Hirst's work is 'art', then I hope mine never is. *grin* ~Lydia
ctfchallenge29-Oct-2008 01:58
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Hirst.
He did, among others, the dead shark in formaldehyde that sold at Sothebys for many millions. I saw the exhibit at the Metropolitan Museium. But the shark I saw was NOT the first shark he put in that tank. I happen to know because I work for the firm that did the structural engineering for the exhibit.
Penny Street
ctfchallenge28-Oct-2008 23:27
Thank you, Sharon.

Did you notice that his nose looks like an orange? Do you think that God was reusing a blueprint?

I couldn't find one, Rod. *grin* ~Lydia
elips28-Oct-2008 22:30
Great shot, Lydia! I always thought it was cheating to take pictures of dead insects - until now. You make this a beautiful, artistic and interesting study. Good work! ~Sharon
ctfchallenge28-Oct-2008 21:54
Hmmmm... Interesting comparison.

I have seen some of the Body stuff and actually think it's pretty cool for teaching youngsters (and oldsters, for that matter) about the wonders of the body. As a home schooling family it was fascinating to use this to teach. The body is a marvelous creation. As I understand it the bodies are legitimately gotten with appropriate permission, and I personally don't care what anyone does with my body after I'm finished with it. (I've said so to my parents and hubby). I won't need it anymore and it will be as garbage to me. If it means something to anyone else, they're welcome to it. :) I searched for Mr. Hirsch with no enlightenment. !Lydia

P.S. This bee was dead when I found it on the driveway.
ctfchallenge28-Oct-2008 20:53
On topic, well shot, but it would be interesting to know what you think of artists like Gunther von Hagen and Damian Hirsch. I find them problematic myself, to say the least ;)
-k2
Rod 28-Oct-2008 19:51
With the bees arms crossed like that you should have placed it in a little casket:-)