Leaf cutter bee at home

Lord Vetinari

Leaf cutter bee using an old hole in the wall. It has already got some bits of leaf in the hole and 2 hours later the hole was sealed with leaves and the bee was filling another hole. So far they have studiously avoided using the provided "bee house" just round the corner

Brian V.

Wil Davis

Stunning detail (as usual)! (v. impressive leaf-cutting apparatus)

Hairy little devil!

So, was this taken in the LV garden? I took a quick look on wiki, and found that certain species of these chaps can be up to 1.5" long.

Nice job!

Thanks for sharing!

- Wil

Lord Vetinari

Wil Davis wrote:

Stunning detail (as usual)! (v. impressive leaf-cutting apparatus)

Hairy little devil!

So, was this taken in the LV garden? I took a quick look on wiki, and found that certain species of these chaps can be up to 1.5" long.

Nice job!

Thanks for sharing!

- Wil

Thanks Wil
Yes taken in the garden - well actually on the house
Brian V.

Mark Edell

I have got to send in my MP-E. I can not get that crisp of a shot using a tripod

Sweet shots Brian

Lord Vetinari

Thanks Mark for the comments

Mark , I tend to shoot at wider apertures than most people to reduce diffraction softening but get the DOF back using focus stacking - I'm a bit of a detail freak. I was initially disappointed with the sharpness of shots at 2:1 and above when I first got the MPE-65.

Brian V.