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Bee close-up

by Carolyn Derstine

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 4, 201280 views5 comments
Bees are frequent visitors on coneflowers. I like to set up my tripod among the coneflowers and see what images I can capture of these busy bees. :smile:

Canon Rebel T1i. 180mm macro lens. F/9 for 1/30 sec. ISO 400. Tripod mounted, natural lighting.

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on September 5, 2012 at 7:08 AM
Excellent, Carolyn. The bee is nicely rendered, especially the wings. Good position of the bee in the frame as well. Nice one. :toast:
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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on September 5, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I love how you always decide to fill your frame! It seems like maybe you could recover a tiny bit of detail in the shadow of his left eye so that it does not merge with the dark spot in the flower.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 5, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Love the wing detail, Carolyn.

:toast:
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 5, 2012 at 9:11 PM
Fabulous Carolyn! I really like the details and DOF in this image. :toast:
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 12, 2012 at 10:25 PM
Hi Carolyn :wavey: Amazing detail on both the bee and the flower, especially the wing detail :toast:
Albert Darmo
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