Busy Bumble Bee
When we photograph a subject that has captured our imagination we need to keep our viewer’s attention on that selection. Sometimes if we are not careful we have distracting elements in the scene that cause the eye to wonder.
I believe this photographer was very much aware of what he wished to capture in his composition. The subject, the bee, is very prominently place within the scene in the lower fourth of the frame. The depth of focus works well from the bee with flower to the branch which is just a little out of focus to the background which is completely obscured. The lavender hue helps to tie everything together.
There is one suggestion I would like to make about this composition. At the top of the frame above the bee is a cluster of buds entering the frame. They appear to be in competition for our attention. We know the insect is the focal point but the buds keep drawing our eye away. This could be resolved one of two ways, either cloning our cropping.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Thanks Jim,
I was playing with a macro lens & noticed the bumble bees working on the Wisteria. I was able to get a picture of one on a flower.
I was wondering if the cluster of buds would be a distraction. I like what you did, particularly the cropping.
March 27th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
there is one other method to improve the composition of this image I believe. Try flipping it horizontally so that your eye travels to the bee instead of away from it. The western world reads from left to right and your eye wants to travel to the right but there is nothing there so it goes back and forth. If the bee were to the right the eye would enter normally on the left and travel to the point of interest instead of away from it.