At the hive again

Dalantech · September 5, 2007

Cool that there is finally a macro forum here... :cool:

I went to see the bee keeper again, and this time I took more photos of the hive.

This next bee, and several others, were providing air conditioning in the 37C degree heat (high 90s F).

There is an outdoor faucet that the bee keeper allows to drip so the bees have a source of water. Since there are busy drinking they didn't pay much attention to me getting close.

2x:

3x:

4x:

5x:

C&C always welcome

Skippy · September 5, 2007

Dalantech wrote:

Cool that there is finally a macro forum here... :cool:

I went to see the bee keeper again, and this time I took more photos of the hive.
This next bee, and several others, were providing air conditioning in the 37C degree heat (high 90s F).
There is an outdoor faucet that the bee keeper allows to drip so the bees have a source of water. Since there are busy drinking they didn't pay much attention to me getting close.
C&C always welcome

Wow John :jawdrop awesome shots

I really like them all John, and in particular image No. 4
You should be really really pleased with these.

You can see a significant difference between x3 x4 and x 5 magnification,
and what I like about that is that you can clearly see there is a huge difference in what is clearly in visible as far as detail goes.

Excellent Post John

ivar .... Skippy

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Dalantech · September 5, 2007

Skippy wrote:

Wow John :jawdrop awesome shots

I really like them all John, and in particular image No. 4
You should be really really pleased with these.

You can see a significant difference between x3 x4 and x 5 magnification,
and what I like about that is that you can clearly see there is a huge difference in what is clearly in visible as far as detail goes.

Excellent Post John ivar .... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy. The life size shots (the ones at the beginning) are at F16. 2x is F11, 3x to 5x is F8. So as the magnification increases depth of field drops, but also because I'm having to open up the lens to keep diffraction to a minimum. The 4x and 5x images would have been sharper had I opened the lens up to F5.6, but I wanted a little more depth of field. Always trade offs in macro...

I am VERY happy with this set -they came out better this time than the last (a minor change to the lighting). I was contacted by someone from NASA's Earth Observatory web site -they want to use some of my bee photos on their web site. If it pans out I'll post links to the pages

Skippy · September 5, 2007

Dalantech wrote:

Thanks Skippy. The life size shots (the ones at the beginning) are at F16. 2x is F11, 3x to 5x is F8. So as the magnification increases depth of field drops, but also because I'm having to open up the lens to keep diffraction to a minimum. The 4x and 5x images would have been sharper had I opened the lens up to F5.6, but I wanted a little more depth of field. Always trade offs in macro...

I am VERY happy with this set -they came out better this time than the last (a minor change to the lighting). I was contacted by someone from NASA's Earth Observatory web site -they want to use some of my bee photos on their web site. If it pans out I'll post links to the pages

Every time you post John, I see you just keep improving

You already produced excellent shots, it's exciting to see you still moving forward

well done! and congrats on the NASA site

... Skippy

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Dalantech · September 5, 2007

Skippy wrote:

Every time you post John, I see you just keep improving
You already produced excellent shots, it's exciting to see you still moving forward well done! and congrats on the NASA site
... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy -constantly reviewing what I do and how I do it to see if there is something that I can do better. Arnold Schwarzenegger said it best: "Stay hungry".

Awais Yaqub · September 5, 2007

Congrats & wonderful photos

Dalantech · September 5, 2007

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Congrats & wonderful photos

Thanks Awais!

Lord Vetinari · September 5, 2007

Excellent series John

Brian V.

Dalantech · September 5, 2007

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Excellent series John
Brian V.

Thanks Brian!

Sylar · January 14, 2008

wow

Dalantech wrote:

Thanks Skippy. The life size shots (the ones at the beginning) are at F16. 2x is F11, 3x to 5x is F8. So as the magnification increases depth of field drops, but also because I'm having to open up the lens to keep diffraction to a minimum. The 4x and 5x images would have been sharper had I opened the lens up to F5.6, but I wanted a little more depth of field. Always trade offs in macro...

I am VERY happy with this set -they came out better this time than the last (a minor change to the lighting). I was contacted by someone from NASA's Earth Observatory web site -they want to use some of my bee photos on their web site. If it pans out I'll post links to the pages

Dalantech perfect work my friend, great bee shots with mp-e hope make good shots too, about NASA wow

, your shots goes to my best macro list join with brian

sunita · January 14, 2008

These are amazing! Excellent photos!

job3210 · January 14, 2008

One word - Amazing

WilliamClark77 · January 14, 2008

I'm at a loss for words. Simply amazing work!

I tried to get some macros of yellow jackets last fall. If you are unfamiliar with them, they are a ground dwelling species quite common here in the southern US. I set up just above the hole where they were entering and exiting their hive. I learned a few things that day. 1) They are far too aggressive for close ups in late September. 2) They will chase you a long distance. And 3) Benadryl makes me sleepy.

garyt · January 14, 2008

These are really great John.

Like the 1X mag ones the best. Guess I like seeing all of what you photograph. Congrats on the NASA thing. Hope it works out for you. You didn't say what you changed on your flash set-up. Care to share?