The Humble Bee

pete w

Caught this fella today in the spring sunshine. 20D & 100mm Macro




Took over 100 shots in flight and this was the only good one, need more practice.



And this was taken with the 100mm Macro and 250D .

wholenewlight

All three shots are pretty nice but #3 is a winner.

Awesome reflection on the bee's eye.

pete w

Thanks , I agree i always like the close up's

wholenewlight wrote:

All three shots are pretty nice but #3 is a winner.

Awesome reflection on the bee's eye.

Raining today , will try some more at the weekend

Trish323

pete w wrote:

Caught this fella today in the spring sunshine. 20D & 100mm Macro

#2 is a Great Capture! Nice Work

pete w

Thanks Trish,
Next time i will crank up the shutter speed a little.

Practice makes perfect:):

Harryb

Outstanding Pete

pete w

Thanks Harry

Harryb wrote:

Outstanding Pete

For your comments

Khaos

I love the wing action in the second shot. All of them are good. Very nice.

pete w

Thanks Khaos,

Khaos wrote:

I love the wing action in the second shot. All of them are good. Very nice.

I have been trying to get flight shots for many different kinds of insects , it takes a lot of patience. Thanks for your comments.

tmlphoto

Very nice work. Keep posting the macros.

pete w

Thanks.

tmlphoto wrote:

Very nice work. Keep posting the macros.

Now Spring is here the 100mm will get more use. Time to focus on the eyes!

windoze

i took many bumble bee shots today - not one a keeper! so what advice do you have? yours are very sharp detailed, im using the same equip but mine are blurry ..... what Shutter speed do you have to get up to ???



troy

pete w wrote:

Now Spring is here the 100mm will get more use. Time to focus on the eyes!

Deacon

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Here are a couple....





Had to play a lot with the f stop and shutter speed. I think these were f 16, 105 macro, 1/500....

Deacon

Aussie_bluey

Very nice, My favourite is the one showing the wing movement.


Tim