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1/2000s at F1.8 using the nifty fifty 50mm. Manual focus on my Nikon D40 a bit painful but it's so worth it at the end. After two hours of intense shooting in the sun i ended up with FIVE successful sharp photos.

How is the composition? I rotated the pic a bit so that the bee ended up a bit more facing upward. Do you think i have included enough flower to complement the bee?

I am not sure why the wings are not frozen still maybe because i was stupid enough not to use flash?

Please critique hard.
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more of the bee and the flower needs to be in focus IMO. therefore the DOF needs to be deeper.
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more of the bee and the flower needs to be in focus IMO. therefore the DOF needs to be deeper.
I received similar recommendation but many breath-taking insect photos have very shallow DOF. I don't see the point to include more of the green homogenous background in focus. Why do u think more DOF would help? thnx
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