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Bee take-off

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Posted by Clive_S on May 12, 2007 at 3:44 AM
Bee take-off
Taking a brief respite from butterflies here is a bee at the moment of takeoff from a dandelion flower.

D200 180mm f25 1/250th sync. High speed flash approx 1/25,000th sec. ISO 100
Posted by David Taylor on May 12, 2007 at 4:24 AM
Hello Clive,

I really like this high speed flash 'frozen in time' look. The angle of view is great, giving a dramatic feel to the picture.

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 12, 2007 at 4:45 AM
Clive - astonishing :toast: :toast:

Just a small thing for you to bare in mind - the D200 is defraction limited to f16 - using f16 and below does affect sharpness - that's another reason this image is dammned impressive :wavey:

Best Regards

Andy
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 12, 2007 at 4:45 AM
Hi Clive,
I've really enjoyed this series of high speed flash shots and this is another stunner , captured at the perfect moment imho , please forgive my ignorance Clive , but are you using a set or are these taken in the field??? , don't know that much about high speed flash photography.

Kind regards
Andy... :toast:
Posted by Justin on May 12, 2007 at 4:58 AM
Nicely caught :cool:
Posted by Clive_S on May 12, 2007 at 5:09 AM
Andy A - Thanks for the pointer on diffraction. I found that f25 seemed to be the best balance between edge sharpness and dof. This shot is a fairish crop as well and in practice diffraction does not seem to be too much of a problem. I'll go back to my dof calculations and see what I'd lose at say f16 and do some more test shots.

Andy S - At the moment this is an indoor setup. I'm working on an outdoor version, but the complications of lighting etc multiply tenfold! I'm finding it hard enough in more contolled conditions :wink:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 12, 2007 at 5:15 AM
Great image,the angle of the wings work well with the crop-great technique :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 12, 2007 at 5:43 AM
Great composition this, must be quite a task organising a Bee, hats off to you.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by John Chapman on May 12, 2007 at 6:13 AM
Excellent image Clive :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Chris Grady on May 12, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Nice!
It get's 11 out of 10 from me.

Chris