Water lily with hidden bee

[Kellyj69]

i hope this is in the right section

this was taken at Zilker Botanical gardens in Austin Tx. I didn't notice the bee until I got home! this was cropped in photoshop, and resized to post in fotosizer, no other adjustments have been made.

EXIF
10MP
shutter speed 1/2000 sec
aperture priority
f /5.6
ISO 1600
focal length 36mm
camera Rebel xs w/ EF-S 18-55mm
No Flash
outside, slightly overcast about 2pm

[AndrewPDX]

Wow, looks great. Did you have any specific question you wanted answered about the shot?

I love how symmetrical the flower is. I wish that that little random reflection up in the top left wasn't there and I think you could probably punch up the colors a bit more (but that might just be me, I like vibrant shots).

[Kellyj69]

Thank you .. I don't really know yet what to ask for as far as critiquing my post. I am new to photography and i just bought my dlsr last week.

i tried to get that shadow out but couldn't get the crop right .. and i'm not familiar enough with PS yet to work on it.

[wulf]

The image looks a bit noisy, which is very apparent on the glassy surface of the water. I think you would have been better off with a slower shutter speed and a lower ISO setting although, it might be better still to crop in much closer. At the moment the bee is more of a speck than a subject in the image.

Wulf