Shootin' bees today

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited April 3, 2007 in Holy Macro
Not my best day -lots of wind. Here are the few images that made the final cut:

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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2007
    Great color! I really like the first one. clap.gif
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2007
    eek7.gif wonderful loving your photos
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2007
    eek7.gif wonderful loving your photos
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    Not my best day -lots of wind. Here are the few images that made the final cut:

    They do like those weedy yellow flowers don't they :D
    Glad your finding heaps to shoot John :D .... Skippy
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  • fmkjrfmkjr Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited April 1, 2007
    I like the first one!
    Nice job!...
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2007
    Thank you for inspiration, where are the hives??? :D
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2007
    tlee wrote:
    Great color! I really like the first one. clap.gif

    Thanks tlee!
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    eek7.gif wonderful loving your photos

    Thanks Awais!
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    They do like those weedy yellow flowers don't they :D
    Glad your finding heaps to shoot John :D .... Skippy
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    Actually there aren't as many bees out as I'd like -I spent a lot of time looking and waiting. I had more trouble with the wind than I did with the color of the flowers -shooting that tight leaves very little room for error when you are looking for a good composition -and it doesn't help that I don't allow myself to use the crop tool. Come to think of it, if there was a Dalantech version of Elements it would only have about three or four menu options mwink.gif

    How are things down under? I know you had a bit of a "bug dry spell".
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2007
    fmkjr wrote:
    Nice job!...
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    Thanks! :cool
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    Thank you for inspiration, where are the hives??? :D

    I'm crazy enough to get within 5 inches of a bee -but I ain't stoopid* rolleyes1.gif

    *Deliberately mis-spelled for comedic effect -before anybody points that out... :D

    Actually a lot of the bees in my area are ground dwellers -they build complex hives under ground. There are a few places in the area that I shoot where I won't stand around for long periods for fear that the hive will empty out...
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2007
    Lovely shots John :)
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Lovely shots John :)
    Brian V.

    Thanks Brian!

    I got an email form Mark Plonsky yesterday telling me that I need to get closer so I'm gonna add the 25mm tube to my 1.4 TC and try to get a bee portrait... eek7.gif
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    I'm crazy enough to get within 5 inches of a bee -but I ain't stoopid* rolleyes1.gif

    *Deliberately mis-spelled for comedic effect -before anybody points that out... :D

    Actually a lot of the bees in my area are ground dwellers -they build complex hives under ground. There are a few places in the area that I shoot where I won't stand around for long periods for fear that the hive will empty out...

    I was hoping to get a story how you get prepared to go bee hunting wearing the whole body suit and a mask. Now i'm disappointed!! C'mon, get with the program, will ya! rolleyes1.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    I was hoping to get a story how you get prepared to go bee hunting wearing the whole body suit and a mask. Now i'm disappointed!! C'mon, get with the program, will ya! rolleyes1.gif

    You laugh, but I got an email from one of my mentors (Mark Plonsky) who told me that I need to get closer, so the next time I go looking for bees I'll have a 1.4 teleconverter and a 25mm tube on my lens. Should give me almost 2x...
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  • SerratorSerrator Registered Users Posts: 227 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2007
    Bee-u-tiful! :D

    Really colorful and sharp images...thanks so much for sharing your excellent work.
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  • JohnCJohnC Registered Users Posts: 222 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2007
    I like #1 because I can see his eyes!
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2007
    Serrator wrote:
    Bee-u-tiful! :D

    Really colorful and sharp images...thanks so much for sharing your excellent work.

    Thanks for the props! :cool
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2007
    JohnC wrote:
    I like #1 because I can see his eyes!

    I'm going to try to get a shot today that is pretty much just the head of a bee -and of course it won;t be a crop... eek7.gif
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