Hover Bee

bgarland

These aren't great but I thought they were kind of fun anyway. I don't know what kind of bee this is. I call them hover bees because they dart around and then hover in one place for awhile. I was just seeing if my camera could focus on and capture the small target in flight.

These were hand held with a 70-200mm lens at about 4 feet away and then cropped to close to 100%. Any suggestions on how I could have captured these a little crisper?

dlplumer

Turn up iso, faster shutter speed, continuous shooting, manual focus, rocking motion (closer and further)

and/or 100 mm macro lens.:D

bgarland

dlplumer wrote: »

Turn up iso, faster shutter speed, continuous shooting, manual focus, rocking motion (closer and further)

and/or 100 mm macro lens.:D

Thanks Dan. I'll give those tips a shot next time he hovers around here.

cromwell

I've tried several times to shoot these without any luck. They don't ever hover in one place long enough when I'm shooting them. They are actually flies not bees. A flash might also help to freeze the motion.

bgarland

cromwell wrote: »

I've tried several times to shoot these without any luck. They don't ever hover in one place long enough when I'm shooting them. They are actually flies not bees. A flash might also help to freeze the motion.

Thanks Cromwell. Very sad that they are flies and not bees. Calling it a "hover fly" just doesn't sound as cool.

I did use a flash on these in HSS but still needed to push my shutter speed up a bunch Like Dan suggested.