A wildflower

CharlaCharla Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
edited September 7, 2006 in Holy Macro
I snapped a few pics after I took my dogs to the park yesterday. These wild flower weeds grow EVERYWHERE here in Denver. Freeway medians, you name it. These were along the curb next to where my car was parked.

It's pretty rare for me to catch an insect coming in for a landing in focus, so I was pretty excited when I saw this one. :D

KM5D w/ Tamron 70-300mm 5.6LD
Focal length: 180.0mm (35mm equivalent: 270mm)
1/4000 : f/5.0 : ISO 400

Wildflowerwithbee.jpg

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2006
    Charla wrote:
    I snapped a few pics after I took my dogs to the park yesterday. These wild flower weeds grow EVERYWHERE here in Denver. Freeway medians, you name it. These were along the curb next to where my car was parked.

    It's pretty rare for me to catch an insect coming in for a landing in focus, so I was pretty excited when I saw this one. :D

    KM5D w/ Tamron 70-300mm 5.6LD
    Focal length: 180.0mm (35mm equivalent: 270mm)
    1/4000 : f/5.0 : ISO 400

    What a beauty!
    Gosh Charla I am yet to successfully capture a bee in flight.
    Nice rich colour too, and your bee looks great heading towards the flower.
    Great shot clap.gifclap.gif ......... Skippy (Australia)
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  • CharlaCharla Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2006
    Skippy wrote:
    What a beauty!
    Gosh Charla I am yet to successfully capture a bee in flight.
    Nice rich colour too, and your bee looks great heading towards the flower.
    Great shot clap.gifclap.gif ......... Skippy (Australia)

    Thanks Skippy! Have to say I got very lucky. I didn't hang around there for very long (my dogs were trying to jump out the car window!) so I didn't take more than 15 or so shots, so I was very happy with this one. :D
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited September 5, 2006
    Great catch clap.gif

    Dan
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2006
    Agree- with above- wonderful capture :)
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  • CharlaCharla Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2006
    Thanks so much for the comments Dan & Brian!

    :D
  • dancing-hedgehogdancing-hedgehog Registered Users Posts: 24 Big grins
    edited September 5, 2006
    clap.gif Great shot! thumb.gif
    Tammy :):
  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2006
    Whoohooo
    Nice capture. Those are hard to get as if you didn't know that already. I think we're all on a quest to find the focused bee in flight. I keep trying :D
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2006
    eek7.gif very nice it looks like Dish catching a signal !
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  • CharlaCharla Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2006
    Swartzy wrote:
    Nice capture. Those are hard to get as if you didn't know that already. I think we're all on a quest to find the focused bee in flight. I keep trying :D

    Ahhh, I thought it was just me :D Good luck in your quest, and thanks for the comments!
  • CharlaCharla Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2006
    Tammy & Awais - Thank you for the kind comments :D
  • gtcgtc Registered Users Posts: 916 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2006
    very successful
    outing with your camera.Was it natural light ? The lens looks like a good performer too....but is it a bee? if so what kind?The abdomen looks too small-maybe just me though..hic..
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  • CharlaCharla Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2006
    gtc wrote:
    outing with your camera.Was it natural light ? The lens looks like a good performer too....but is it a bee? if so what kind?The abdomen looks too small-maybe just me though..hic..

    Honestly I have no idea if this guy is actually a bee headscratch.gif I'm terrible at IDing anything. I think to myself "Yeah, that kind of looks like a bee. It must be a bee!" Maybe I should rename it "Fuzzy Flying Bug" :D

    This was shot with natural light as it was late morning around 11am on a sunny day. A little past the prime shooting hours but luckily the light wasn't too harsh.

    This is my favorite lens of the two that I own and I've been getting pretty decent results with it considering it only runs around $200 :): I use it for macros, action sports & nature/wildlife shots. I only switch to my 28-200mm when I'm shooting landscapes or people.

    Thanks for the comments!
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