Blue Carpenter Bee (MPE-65)

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited July 9, 2007 in Holy Macro
This guy never sat still -way too many shots in the bit bucket. I nailed the focus about one in three frames...

This guy is also huge: 25mm (1 inch) long.
All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode, F 16, 1/200, ISO 100) + MPE-65mm macro lens + MT-24EX with home made diffusers. All images are at life size.

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2007
    Wow thats close !
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    This guy never sat still -way too many shots in the bit bucket. I nailed the focus about one in three frames...

    This guy is also huge: 25mm (1 inch) long.
    All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode, F 16, 1/200, ISO 100) + MPE-65mm macro lens + MT-24EX with home made diffusers. All images are at life size.

    Those Carpenter Bees are pretty big.
    You sure do find a great variety of bugs to shoot John.
    Thanks for sharing......... Skippy
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Wow thats close !

    10.1cm (4"). :D
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Those Carpenter Bees are pretty big.
    You sure do find a great variety of bugs to shoot John.
    Thanks for sharing......... Skippy
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    I shoot here in Naples, and I have family about an hour north in Gaeta (where I shot this weekend). There are a lot of interesting creatures out in the country side here -and I haven't even seen a small fraction of them yet...
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