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30-SEP-2007 Michael Shealy

One Beeing

Bee Hive

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/250s f/14.0 at 280.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time30-Sep-2007 12:10:42
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length280 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/14
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge04-Oct-2007 04:41
Gee, Jano, thanks for all the kind words and advice. I hope someday to live up to your fine work. Cheers, -mikey
janewigginsphotography04-Oct-2007 02:29
New PC? Perhaps a call to the dealer and say "send me another?". This, i'm sad to say, does lack some sharpness and clarity, and perhaps it is a bit overexposed - or some cam shake going on. The upper left though looks like it is in focus. Sorry to hear of your PS problems Mikey! jano
ctfchallenge03-Oct-2007 14:01
One other note: Since it works for Freddie, Adobe now says its a system problem and I have to deal with Microsoft to solve the problem, hehe. The old "its not our problem" routine. Oh, well. Cheers, -mikey
ctfchallenge03-Oct-2007 05:59
Thanks, Tommy. This is a new PC and a new installation of PS CS3, so both ... but the thing is the new PC has 2Gb of RAM. Funny, I talked to Adobe Support for about an hour yesterday, no help. Same today and today's support guy suggested I create a new identity on my PC and run it from that identity to see if that helps ... too weird, it works. I guess PS just doesn't like Mikey. I named the new identity "False Freddie" and the PC likes Freddie. Can you beat that one? ":^D Cheers, -mystified mikey
ctfchallenge02-Oct-2007 22:53
Mikey, if this is a new installation of PS or a new PC, you might need a memory upgrade. Even my old version of PS is a memory hog, but I have 2 gigs DRAM installed and it's pretty stable. -tv
ctfchallenge02-Oct-2007 16:16
Lovely repeating pattern Mikey, and the bee keeps it interesting! CJ
ctfchallenge01-Oct-2007 18:02
OK, Rod. I think I got it ":^] Holding my breath while I work images, tho. Cheers, -mikey
Rod 01-Oct-2007 07:17
When you get Photoshop up & running Mikey can you get the size of this down from 170K to 150K. Thanks mate.
Rod 01-Oct-2007 06:46
Great for the topic.
ctfchallenge01-Oct-2007 05:07
Thanks for the feedback, Brent. I've been having a struggle with my Photoshop all weekend and for some reason I'm barely able to get anything done before it crashes and has to stop (while losing everything). I'll be calling Adobe in the AM to see if they can help me. I did manage to get some sharpening and contrast done, but I think too much sharpening. I posted it anyway, but I'll have another go at it when/if I can get the PS fixed. Yes, I do have two hives and we are harvesting the honey at this time of year. This is a comb that has been harvested. After we've spun out the honey in the centrifuge, we put the combs outside for the bees to clean up to be used again next year and this is one of the "clean-up" crew.

Doug, bees are very docile creatures, especially when they have honey to eat, so not to worry about closeness, unless you're all fuzzy and brown like a bear (why beekeepers wear white). They were flying all around me, but couldn't care less if I was standing there, cuz they had more important things to do. Also, I'm using an extension tube here and the lens was about 3' away.

Thanks for commenting guys. Cheers, -mikey
ctfchallenge01-Oct-2007 03:04
Good choice using up most of your zoom and keeping distance away from your subject. Looks like this guy likely has neighbors. -COAmature
ctfchallenge30-Sep-2007 22:51
Lots of pattern here Mikey- I like it. It somehow lacks a little punch to me and I'm not sure just how, but I'm wondering if sharpening and maybe a curve adjustment could make it pop just a little more? Do you raise bees on your property?
~Brent