I was up early this morning taking photos of my wildflowers when it occurred to me that perhaps I did have an entry for this week’s photo challenge, half and half. As much I love taking photos of just the flowers, the photos tend to be more interesting with their other half, bees:
In this case, just a single bee. He was the only one out this morning. When I edited this photo, I did something I don’t usually do, I did a fair amount of the editing in Camera Raw before opening it up in Photoshop. I used the sliders in Camera Raw to adjust the exposure, clarity, and highlights. Then I opened it in Photoshop to crop and sharpen the image. Here is the original shot:
I think the image is a bit stronger with the edits. With the bee almost dead center, it does break the “rule of thirds” photography rule. In this case that doesn’t bother me. To be honest I think part of what I like about this photo, is the fact that I was up early enough before work to have the time to go and be outside in one of my favorite places. Do you have a photo like that, one that is more about how you were feeling at the time and not so much about the photo itself? What do you think of the edits? Feel free to leave a comment below.
Cheers!
I like your edit, breaking the rule of thirds doesn’t bother me at all. Rules schmules.
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Thanks, usually I’m not one to put the subject dead center, but there are times when I think that works.
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😆 I’m right there with you, CG.
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Love both captures! So beautiful!
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Thanks Amy!
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Thanks for showing your before and after pic–the edit really works for me. I tried to capture a bee pic the other day–not so easy–😊
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Thanks, I find it helpful to have before and after put together. I think it helps me decide what I think about my edit. Yeah, bees can be tough, from that morning I have several photos that are headed straight for the trash can.
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Bravo! The original shot and the edited shot are exciting and very creative. Thank you for sharing your art work, Enjoy the day.
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Thanks very much 🙂
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¡Magnífico! … Se agrega más belleza a lo bello que la vida nos brinda.
Congratulaciones
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Gracias por tu comentario muy amable contigo.
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Love the edits and break the rules i say. This is stunning.
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Thanks Sue, we will see what I think of it in a few days or weeks. Right now, the photo just makes me happy because I took a few moments to be outside that morning.
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Amy … Rules were made to be broken. I love what you did with the edit. It’s much sharper. Beautiful! 😉
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Thanks Judy!
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I think you did a great job! I love taking pictures but I am not much into editing and all the fancy stuff that can be done with photos. Not because I don’t like it, just cause i never learned. I know what you mean about the feeling of the moment when you look at pictures, that is what I like most about pics, the memories that they bring back whether or not they are the perfect photo 🙂
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Thank you for your visit and kind comment. It is interesting how one photo can hold so much.
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wunderful! 😎 shoTZ! 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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I love the edit, Amy. Who cares about rules? 🙂
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🙂
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Amazing Blog
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Thanks!
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A lovely close-up! I like your edit, it enhances the photo but doesn’t go so far make it ‘fake’ as I see on some cases. Great! Rules are there to be broken!
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Thanks very much!
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Your process is more or less the same way I process mine. Often I only use PS for watermark. If it didn’t come out of the camera looking good I’m not interested in processing it.
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I agree with you there, no point in editing a photo that’s no good to start with.
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