Bee In Flight

GOLDENORFE

well i tried my best to get these 2 frames, never tried BIF before.
took loads of frames for 2 half decent shots.
used 100mm macro natural light, any closer and i couldnt get them focused quick enough before they left!
anyone any ideas in shooting BIF shots?
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/





thanks for looking.

tlee

Very nice! Hard to get those bees!

IPClark

Excellent captures Phil. They're darn hard to get still let alone flying

BIF makes me laugh. It reminds me of my school days when the most common insult was to call someone a Biff!. Ahh those odd school day moments

Did you use continuous shooting or manually hit the shutter button each time?

teamracephotos

Superb
Sharp, great bokeh (? not a great typest or speller), colors are nice too. I even like the flower it picked. MM

Lord Vetinari

Good ones Phil
I suspect to get good close BIFS you've either got to be very lucky or have a lot of patience and use a camera /tripod setup pre-focused on a popular flower. I very rarely set out to take shots of insects in flight - just sometimes take them if the opportunity arises.

Brian V.

Cuong

Good try and good catch. I can barely deal with stationary subjects let alone BIF.

Cuong

GOLDENORFE

thanks for comments everyone, hard work taking these, didnt think it would be so difficult. after all ,they were all around me and still couldnt get them in focus.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Skippy

GOLDENORFE wrote:

well i tried my best to get these 2 frames, never tried BIF before.
took loads of frames for 2 half decent shots.
used 100mm macro natural light, any closer and i couldnt get them focused quick enough before they left!
anyone any ideas in shooting BIF shots?
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

thanks for looking.

Well you did pretty darn good I recon
They're not easy to do those Insect BIF's... good job Phil

.... Skippy
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WomanWithACamera

These are wonderful shots. The detail you captured is excellent.

summerz

we need a Bee smilee
Love those B'sIF
Well done.

GOLDENORFE

IPClark wrote:

Excellent captures Phil. They're darn hard to get still let alone flying

BIF makes me laugh. It reminds me of my school days when the most common insult was to call someone a Biff!. Ahh those odd school day moments

Did you use continuous shooting or manually hit the shutter button each time?

thanks for comments

i used continious but taking 2 or 3 shots at a time.
phil