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Some of my first bee shots...these guys are hard to capture! Greg, your shots are incredible man. Kudos brotha


IMG_1116 by amp82585, on Flickr


IMG_1117 by amp82585, on Flickr


IMG_1121 by amp82585, on Flickr

I was about to pass the last one, but the more I looked at it, the more I liked how out of focus the bee was compared to the flower. Thought it gives it a cool look.

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Thank you AdamP. If you want to have the whole Bee (and plant) in focus you have to stop right down. This means you then need to use a flash - I use a ring flash on the front of the macro lens. Happy Bee hunting
Greg

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Thanks for the tip Greg...I know I'm kinda limited right now since I don't have a flash or tripod. Which flash do you use, or would you recommend for a beginner? Also, what range of f values do you usually shoot with in your pictures?

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Canon EFS 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, EFS 55-250mm f/4-5.6, EFS 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM

AdamP, yes I like your last shot very much, esp. the "dof-perspective" so to speak.

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Thanks Thomas

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Canon EOS 600D
Canon EFS 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, EFS 55-250mm f/4-5.6, EFS 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM

I use the Canon MR-14EX ring flash and usually work at f#22 with the flash on +3.
Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
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Bee 1 13/06/2013 by cybermystic, on Flickr

I meant to stick this post on the end of this thread instead of creating a "stand alone" - been so long since I posted a Bee pic I forgot how to do it

We're coming up to mid-June and the Bees simply haven't been about
Their numbers have dropped enormously over the last couple of years.
Last year was almost non-stop rain.
This year we have had a late Spring and the temperatures still aren't anything to write home about.
Not surprisingly the wildlife is confused and suffering.
Greg

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http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
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Yeah, this is a very depressing, wet, dark 1st half in most of Europe, I think. Everything is late in nature.
But surely the bees will be around, now that most flowers have recovered. Won't they?

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D800+assorted lenses

It seems not so in the U.K.
The Government is now looking at so-called Bee safe pesticides which appear to have been anything but.
Greg

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http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

Macro in the garden 1 - 17/06/2013 by cybermystic, on Flickr

Bumble Bee on Rhodo this morning.
Greg

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http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

Bee 1 by cybermystic, on Flickr

This one came out rather nicely too
Greg

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http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

From 19/06/2013


Bee 1 19/06/2013 by cybermystic, on Flickr


Bee 2 19/06/2013 by cybermystic, on Flickr


Bee 3 19/06/2013 by cybermystic, on Flickr


Bee 4 19/06/2013 by cybermystic, on Flickr

Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/