A Pretty Little Bee

SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
edited November 26, 2006 in Holy Macro
I was outside trying to get a shot of a bee in flight, but danged if I can get that right :dunno they're just too fast for me
especially because I tend not to crop my work, I like to fill the frame as I shoot.

This little Bee was happily buzzing around the Lavender and sat for quite a while so I was able to capture him.

The second shot is just a crop of the first shot :D its for Nick just so he can see it's not quite in the the middle :rofl

Shots hand held / Canon 20D / Canon 100mm Macro / Kenko Tube / Ext Flash / Foam Paper Diffuser / ISO 100 / F20 / Shutter 200

Enjoy....... Skippy (Australia)

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  • jsedlakjsedlak Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2006
    wow! Talk about detail! Nice shots Skippy.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2006
    jsedlak wrote:
    wow! Talk about detail! Nice shots Skippy.

    Thank you :D ..... Skippy (Australia)
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2006
    Lovely skip thumb.gif
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2006
    gus wrote:
    Lovely skip thumb.gif


    Thanks Gus........ Im glad he sat still long enough for me to photograph him.
    Skippy (Australia)
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2006
    These are beautiful !
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2006
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    These are beautiful !


    Thank you Awais, I'm just glad this one sat long enough for me to photograph it :D .. thanks for looking...... Skippy (Australia)
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited November 24, 2006
    Lovely captures Skippy- excellent colour clarity composition and light :)
    I wouldn't be too dissappointed about the BIF shots- Bees are one of the hardest to capture apart from rear end shots (which I'm a specialist at). Hoverflies are much easier.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited November 24, 2006
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Lovely captures Skippy- excellent colour clarity composition and light :)
    I wouldn't be too dissappointed about the BIF shots- Bees are one of the hardest to capture apart from rear end shots (which I'm a specialist at). Hoverflies are much easier.
    Brian V.

    Thank you Brian, I'm gonna keep trying for a BIF though :D
    My biggest problem is not being able to have the flash where I want it, I really need one of those Flexible Flash brackets, I've not found anywhere in Australia that sells them, so I may have to just hold off till I go to USA.

    Thanks for looking :D ...... Skippy (Australia)
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited November 25, 2006
    Way to go Skippy!!!!
    You really captured that fuzzy bee. Nice work. I see you used the most excellent foam bouncer too! Wasn't there a nursery rhyme that went...Fuzzy Wuzzy was a "oh, never mind....bear". rolleyes1.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited November 25, 2006
    Swartzy wrote:
    You really captured that fuzzy bee. Nice work. I see you used the most excellent foam bouncer too! Wasn't there a nursery rhyme that went...Fuzzy Wuzzy was a "oh, never mind....bear". rolleyes1.gif

    Thanks Swartzy......... I need a Delta Flexi bracket for the flash, I can't get my flash where I want it, cause I have no where to put the dang thing except on top of the camera.... its on my shopping list for USA 2007 thumb.gif

    Thanks for looking Swartzy :D ....... Skippy (Australia)
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  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited November 25, 2006
    It's a pretty but not a little one :D
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited November 25, 2006
    Boy these are nice, Skippy! I can't imagine trying to capture a bee in flight....I have a hard enough time trying to capture a bird (and they're ALOT bigger!) The sharpness and color in these is super! :saurora
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited November 26, 2006
    ultravox wrote:
    It's a pretty but not a little one :D
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    Thank you, but it is really a little bee, it just looks big cause I was close and the heads on those Lavenders are vary in size, some are big and others are small......... Skippy (Australia)

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