Alter Ego
Uploaded: August 12, 2005
August 11, 2005 early morning. Closeup lens + macro. Two bees and one decimated squash blossom. Slight sharpen.
Exif: FNumber: 4, ExposureBiasValue: 0/10, ExposureTime: 0.005, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 64, WhiteBalance: auto white balance
Tammy Scott August 17, 2005
LOL! Very funny title for this AWESOME macro, Rachel! #295982Rachel Rocket August 17, 2005
Tammy,Thank you so much. It's definitely a better title than my first thought (which was "Doppelganger", and which doesn't make quite as much sense!). It took a lot of photos to get my two favorites, but I think it was worth it!
Best,
Rachel #1729672
Gabriela Koopmans August 20, 2005
love it!!Rachel Rocket August 20, 2005
Gabriela,Thank you for such lovely compliments. I like to keep them in a fairly natural enviroment so that they act naturally, so the background (and reason for the colors) is the petals of the squash blossom, the touch of green is the stem. In this particular shot, I had already taken off the stamen (gently, with tweezers so the bees don't get hurt) so that I could shoot them from a different viewpoint.
Best,
Rachel #1743654
Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
Discussions by Category: You can view photo discussions on various themes in the Community > Photo Discussions section of the site.
BetterPhoto Websites: If you see an orange website link directly under the photographer's name, it's totally okay. It's not spam. The reason: BetterPhoto is the one that offers these personal photography websites. We are supporting our clients with those links.
Unavailable EXIF: If there is no other information but 'Unavailable' in the EXIF (meaning no EXIF data exists with the photo), the 'Unavailable' blurb is not displayed. If there is any info, it shows. Many photos have the EXIF stripped out when people modify the image and resave it, before uploading.
The following truth is one of the core philosophies of BetterPhoto:
I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand.
You learn by doing. Take your next online photography class.
Copyright for this photo belongs solely to Rachel Rocket.
Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Log in to follow or message this photographer or report this photo.
I already have an account!