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Published: 2006-06-17 21:39:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 701; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 46
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Yay, after hours of sitting in the garden on high alert I got a Bumblebee - hurrah!The background flowers looked a bit busy so I desaturated it.
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Very cool shot...I love the desaturated flowers for the background
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Wow...i love the picture. the contrast of black n white to the colour of the bee is fab!! so pretty nice one xx
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Nice idea to highlight the very wispy&cuddly bee 
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It's a cool shot, but I like the color version better :-\
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nice method of bringing the bumblebee out. (but i have to say i hate these animals since today, one of them bit me) still, this comes to my favs
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Aww sorry to hear that, I love bees but I have never been stung - if I had I may feel differently!
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Gorgeous
I've been quite tempted to do the same but haven't gotten up the courage to put my patience to the test like that.
Hey, do you mind if I ask you a question? I just recently got some software for photo editing, so I'm a complete and total n00b when it comes to altering only part of a photo... how does one desaturate a background while leaving the subject untouched?
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Thanks! The desaturation can be done in a couple of different ways, I used photoshop, duplicated the layer and cut out the bee from the second layer and pasted it into a new one, then desaturated the background and cleaned up any coloured areas left around the bee. I think it can also be done by masking part of the layer, but I haven't got the hang of that yet. Alternatively make a new layer and fill it with dark grey/black, reduce the opactiy so you can see the image in the original layer but it appears to be in b&w, then erase the part of the grey layer that covers the bee. That's just photo shop though, so it may be different depending what software you have
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thanks much 
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With just the little girl in colour? That would look cool
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yeah, probably the caution tape too. Thanks
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photographys not normally my thing but I like the colorized bee
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This looks so great! I love how only the bee has color! So cool :]!
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Wow, the detail is amazing! Great macro work...I'm also impressed that you managed to get that close to the insect.
Have you tried a version where the colours are faintly visible in the background? It just seems odd to me to see black and white flowers.
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I did, this piece probably had more incarnations that anything else, including variations in the desaturation,hue etc, there was even pop art bumble bee. The full colour version is in scraps, but I didn't like it and at the time my gallery was full of flowers so I wanted to ignore them completey
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I see
Yeah, I took a look at the full colour version; I didn't find it too busy, but it does deemphasise the bee.
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This is an excelent shot of the busy bee at work. Its a miricle you got it to stay in one place long enough. The picture itself is a testament to your patience.
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This is a really great shot, I like the way you've desaturated the background to make the bumble bee stand out as the main focus of the photograph.
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coolsers...i am allergic to bees...@_@...so i prefer not to get too close to them but you got an excellent capture with this one.
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This is awesome. I love that you just left the bee colored.
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I love it, I'd like to see the full colour one too though d:
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I thought the flowers distracted attention from the bee
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i really love pictures like this, the way everything except except the bee in black and white is such an awesome way to create a focal point.
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I hate bees, but I love this picture. I guess waiting for one to fly along paid off. This is a great capture. I love the detail, and how the bee stands out against the black and white flowers.
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wow, this is some good stuff
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He he great capture...hope u didnt get too bored waiting
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Coooooool *stares* Thats looks like some fun photoshop stuff
I can never catch bees XD Good job
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I love bumblebees 
Nice shot
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ooo i really like this one, its absolutely beautiful!
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God, I hate bees, but this one looks so cute and fluffy.
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The bee doesnt look intimidating! It looks as if its a right poser... and nicely done with leaving the colour of the bee untouched
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That's a really beautiful capture! I guess your patience really paid off! The desaturation looks great; makes the bee really stand out.
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Awesome picture!! And I love the desaturation of the flowers, loove it.
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Awesome picture!! And I love the desaturation of the flowers, loove it.
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I featured this piece in my journal
I gave you a watch also, considering we run into eachother alot + I like your work!
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This is so lovely, and the title is perfect. Excellent job with the background too.
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I love the B&W background with just the bee standing out. It makes for an awsome affect. It really has that frozen in time feeling that always makes me want to reach out and touch it to see if it's real. 
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Really beautiful! The bumblebee looks incredibly soft and I love the way the yellows stand out against the desaturised background.
I admire your patience. It paid off: you really managed to capture the bumblebee in all its glory.
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