This little fellow was hard to get, took many shots and lots of patients to get just the pic I wanted with him zipping around.
Welcome to Dgrin. You sure picked one of the most challenging subjects for your first post. You seem to have caught him in mid air, something I haven't been able to do. The bee sought of gets lost in the frame though. Have you tried a tighter crop?
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Welcome to Dgrin. You sure picked one of the most challenging subjects for your first post. You seem to have caught him in mid air, something I haven't been able to do. The bee sought of gets lost in the frame though. Have you tried a tighter crop?
Well this shot was one out of about 75 attempts that I made to get it in frame and in focus. I agree it isnt the best choice of backgrounds, but I cant control when and where this subject makes itself available. I was at the park with my kids and it just kept buzzing around so I thought I would try and get a shot of it in mid flight. I took this with a 300mm telephoto lens zoomed in to the max. I was about 20 feet away from bee when I finally got a shot that was in focus. Trying to keep a bee at 20 ft in focus with that zoom factor while it is moving took some patients.
WOW!! This isn't a great shot, as much as it's an amazing shot. Shooting that bee against that contrasty background, I'd have bet you'd never get an in focus shot. Or, at least one with the bee in focus. I applaud you for your persistence
I've shot bees semi macro before and as Harry mentions, they are one of the toughest subjects to shoot. They are small, fast and unpredictable. You did really well to get this shot
Thanks
Thanks for all the good words. I am still new to high end photography and still learning. I just got my EOS SLR digital about 8 months ago. Up till now most of the pics I take are of my kids during their various activities. I am trying to find time to get out and shoot other subjects. It is just hard to find the time with all the other stuff going on. So I take my subjects as they are presented. i.e. the Bee.
I will continue to post more pics for more feed back, I like to learn.
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How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
Well this shot was one out of about 75 attempts that I made to get it in frame and in focus. I agree it isnt the best choice of backgrounds, but I cant control when and where this subject makes itself available. I was at the park with my kids and it just kept buzzing around so I thought I would try and get a shot of it in mid flight. I took this with a 300mm telephoto lens zoomed in to the max. I was about 20 feet away from bee when I finally got a shot that was in focus. Trying to keep a bee at 20 ft in focus with that zoom factor while it is moving took some patients.
Welcome to Dgrin
WOW!! This isn't a great shot, as much as it's an amazing shot. Shooting that bee against that contrasty background, I'd have bet you'd never get an in focus shot. Or, at least one with the bee in focus. I applaud you for your persistence
I've shot bees semi macro before and as Harry mentions, they are one of the toughest subjects to shoot. They are small, fast and unpredictable. You did really well to get this shot
Thanks for sharing this one,
Steve
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Thanks for all the good words. I am still new to high end photography and still learning. I just got my EOS SLR digital about 8 months ago. Up till now most of the pics I take are of my kids during their various activities. I am trying to find time to get out and shoot other subjects. It is just hard to find the time with all the other stuff going on. So I take my subjects as they are presented. i.e. the Bee.
I will continue to post more pics for more feed back, I like to learn.
Thanks,
CB