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Title: Another Bee.
Post by: legendaryone on June 02, 2007, 22:23:21

Having seen Andy H's bee photo i thought i would post one of mine

(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/vinylsteve/hoveringbee.jpg)

I was very lucky to catch this bee just right :)

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: kenkew on June 02, 2007, 22:43:01

Most good insects in-flight pics are caught by either multi-frame shooting, (several shots per second) or pure good luck. Seldom are caught by the amateur carrying a camera on a walk.
If this one is a 'lucky-one-shot' then it's a cracker!
Bees fly slow and with a little patience it is possible to catch some quite remarkable shots of them at work, but the pic's seen here show not only that, they show some quite remarkable close-up detail...and in focus! Point of focus is bang on the bee's head...that's good, the flower is the second focus object which is where the bee is heading, again, spot on...the depthe of field throws the background out od focus but still shows that it belongs to the scene. I like it a lot.
If I was a wildlife magazine editor I wouldn't hesitate in placing these pictures in my publication.
I'd love to see more like pic's on insects going about their everyday work.
Absolute cracking photo Leg'. Well done....Got any more?
PS. Camera/Lens info? (My guess is an 18-56mm used pretty close to subject?)

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: kenkew on June 02, 2007, 22:57:24

By the way, this is NOT a 'Fun' pic. It belongs in the 'Gallery' section.

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: legendaryone on June 02, 2007, 23:07:24

Thanks for your kind words KenKew, i would love to say i tracked this bee for hours climbing over hill and dale dragging a broken leg behind me to get this one shot but i can't :D I like to take close up pics of insects and i was just lucky, i do take a lot of pics in the hope i will get it lucky. The camera i use is a Fujifilm S602. It is several years old but the reason i bought it was because of its great macro (2 actually) I've scratched the lense and dropped it twice onto hard gravel roads but it still keeps giving me great shots. I'll see if i can find a few more shots, i do have some great ones of dragon flies.

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: legendaryone on June 02, 2007, 23:17:22

Here is a photo of a damsel fly, it is a common blue damsel fly. I used to go for walks at the local nature reserve but since getting the allotment i haven't been as much but i do have some good pics and this is one of them. :)

(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/vinylsteve/CommonBlueDamselfly1.jpg)

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: kenkew on June 02, 2007, 23:26:34

Yes, Common blue and a beauty, one dodged me last week in the garden, got a great picture of a leaf, tho!
Looks very much like the Azure and the Variable but you're correct with your naming.
Was that the same camera?

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: legendaryone on June 02, 2007, 23:34:22

Same camera, it took me a while to find a website which had good photos on so i could identify them. I found bees damsel/dragonflies and hoverflies are my best subjects, they really don't seem to mind how close i get. Now i don't spend so much time walking in the countryside i am having to take advantage of my time in the allotment taking pictures of the insects there.

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: kenkew on June 02, 2007, 23:41:17

I go walkabout for 6/10kms every day but there's not much countryside in these parts, hence my 'want' to get back to the UK....occasionally I do spot the odd bit of wild-life but it's few and far between.
Nice pic of your 'blue'.
I wonder if there's call for a pic site with A4A people in mind for showing wild-life shots.

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: Trixiebelle on June 03, 2007, 10:21:03

Fantastic photo :)

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: Andy H on June 13, 2007, 19:34:31

Nice shot!

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: Sabretooth on June 23, 2007, 21:25:53

Hey...nice pic ;)...love bees :)
I'm new to forum so just looking around....here's a bee in my garden taken with a macro-lens.

Sabre

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: legendaryone on June 23, 2007, 21:27:35

Welcome Sabretooth and what a nice pic :)

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: kenkew on June 23, 2007, 21:44:53

Fair pic, Sabre. I'm quite enjoying the idea of people getting out and about with a macro. (I'm guessing 90 or 100mm lens on a blustery day here?)
Next sunny day, Sabre...get out again...I'm waiting for more of the same.
Thanks for that one.

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: Sabretooth on June 24, 2007, 14:33:28

Thanks ken....80 on a windy day...would like to get out more but there ain't much sun round these parts :( :( :(
I always have lavander in the garden, and bees especially like the Atlas-broom (they seem to binge on the nectar).

I love bees ;D ;D ;D

Sabre

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: Heldi on June 29, 2007, 16:15:47

Great photos! I absolutely love that Damselfly picture.

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: lin on June 30, 2007, 00:00:55

I love insects in all their glory and these are wonderful pics... this summer so far seems to have thrown up very few butterflies (my favourite), I hope there will be a lot of them inbetween the raindrops!
Lin

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: Robb on August 08, 2007, 18:47:12

I'm new to allof this, but I'd just like to say that is a fantastic shot of the bee. Would you mind if I used it as a screen saver please?

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: greenscrump on August 08, 2007, 19:00:54

fantastic pics - now I understand a little better why my phone doesn't take good insect pics..... ::)

Title: Re: Another Bee.
Post by: legendaryone on August 09, 2007, 08:16:32

Thanks for your comments ;D

Robb i don't mind if you use it, i would be quite honoured :-[

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