Miner Bee II

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited March 22, 2008 in Holy Macro
I'm posting my personal favorites from an 18 shot series. Magnifications range from about 1.5x to 4x and all photos were taken with an MPE-65mm macro lens + a Canon 40D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a diffused MT-24EX macro twin flash (-1/3 FEC). Minimal post processing (never more than two minutes per photo).

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  • job3210job3210 Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Fantasic photos. The detail is amazing
    Glenn
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Excellent series John :)
    Brian V.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Dalantech wrote:
    I'm posting my personal favorites from an 18 shot series. Magnifications range from about 1.5x to 4x and all photos were taken with an MPE-65mm macro lens + a Canon 40D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a diffused MT-24EX macro twin flash (-1/3 FEC). Minimal post processing (never more than two minutes per photo).

    John Myyyyyyyyyyy Goodness :jawdrop
    Awesomeness x 10 !!! how freakin lucky were you clap.gif :ivar clap.gif
    These are indeed most Excellent, can I scrub your name out and put mine in there and pretend these are mine rolleyes1.gif

    No.1 + No.2 + No.4 are my favourites.
    Congratulations on your personal bests thumb.gif
    I'm really really happy for you .... Skippy :D
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    job3210 wrote:
    Fantasic photos. The detail is amazing

    Thanks Glenn :cool
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Excellent series John :)
    Brian V.

    Thanks Brian :cool
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Skippy wrote:
    John Myyyyyyyyyyy Goodness :jawdrop
    Awesomeness x 10 !!! how freakin lucky were you clap.gif :ivar clap.gif
    These are indeed most Excellent, can I scrub your name out and put mine in there and pretend these are mine rolleyes1.gif

    No.1 + No.2 + No.4 are my favourites.
    Congratulations on your personal bests thumb.gif
    I'm really really happy for you .... Skippy :D
    .

    Thanks Skippy :cool

    It's not luck really -it's the weather. Temps in the low teens and partly cloudy skies create a "stop and go" environment for these bees -one minute they have enough heat to fuel their metabolisms and the next they don't. There have been two occasions this season where I've actually picked the flower that the bee was on and moved it to an area where there was no wind so I could get the shots that I wanted. Later on in the spring I won't photograph them as often -they'll be too active...
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  • MartynMartyn Registered Users Posts: 112 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Incredible shots and a really nice set.
  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Martyn wrote:
    Incredible shots and a really nice set.

    Thanks Martyn :cool
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  • RobinivichRobinivich Registered Users Posts: 438 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Glad to see this guy has no mites! Wonderful shots, yet again!

    When you say stop, how stopped are these guys getting, it's far from warm where I am, but that hasn't slowed down the honeybees in the slightest (more or less the same conditions you decribe) do I just have psycho canadian bees to deal with?
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  • darkdragondarkdragon Registered Users Posts: 1,051 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Robinivich wrote:
    Glad to see this guy has no mites! Wonderful shots, yet again!

    I was going to say the same thing.

    These photographs are amazing, I'm really liking them. thumb.gif


    I haven't seen any bees at all here. Not that I have the same setup, but still would be nice to see some insects to get pictures of.
    ~ Lisa
  • olivianolivian Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Those are amazing...just amazing....
  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Robinivich wrote:
    Glad to see this guy has no mites! Wonderful shots, yet again!

    When you say stop, how stopped are these guys getting, it's far from warm where I am, but that hasn't slowed down the honeybees in the slightest (more or less the same conditions you decribe) do I just have psycho canadian bees to deal with?

    It depends on the species. I've seen these Miner Bees slowed to a crawl in weather that didn't affect honey bees at all...
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    darkdragon wrote:
    I was going to say the same thing.

    These photographs are amazing, I'm really liking them. thumb.gif


    I haven't seen any bees at all here. Not that I have the same setup, but still would be nice to see some insects to get pictures of.

    Thanks :cool
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    olivian wrote:
    Those are amazing...just amazing....

    Thanks :cool
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  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited March 21, 2008
    wonderfull set of photos clap.gif

    phil.
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    GOLDENORFE wrote:
    wonderfull set of photos clap.gif

    phil.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

    Thanks Phil :cool
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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Stunning.


    Paul.


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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2008
    Paul Iddon wrote:
    Stunning.


    Paul.

    Thanks Paul :cool
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  • macrobuggermacrobugger Registered Users Posts: 37 Big grins
    edited March 22, 2008
    All fantastic shots, nice lens and flash combo, and good technique used.
  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2008
    macrobugger wrote:
    All fantastic shots, nice lens and flash combo, and good technique used.

    Thanks :cool
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