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World First?

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Posted by David Taylor on June 9, 2007 at 2:05 PM
World First?
I wonder if this is the first ever image of mating wool carder bees taken with a Foveon image sensor? It would be nice to achieve a world first in something. :wink:
The male Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum made its first appearance today; the females a couple of days ago. The Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea, a primary forage plant for the WCB, has been in flower for two or three weeks. The larger male waits around until a female appears then it is Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma'am in about six seconds.
Not much time to aim and focus.:frown:

Sigma SD14
Sigma 50mm macro lens
09:06:2007
17:11:47
F7.1
1/100s
ISO 100
Shutter Priority
RAW adjustment in SPP3
Resized and cropped in PS Elements 4
Slight USM
Hand Held
Fill in Flash



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Posted by Andy Astbury on June 9, 2007 at 4:33 PM
Well David it would be nice to have a first, but if it isn't you can still take solice in the fact that it's a DAMN FINE IMAGE :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Rob Ashton on June 9, 2007 at 5:17 PM
Now that is a incredible timed shot. The foveon is potentially the best quality imaging sensor out there but the bodies have not been known for their speed or field usability. This shot proves it can be done.

If it's not a first it should be amoung the best.

:toast: :toast:

Rob
Posted by David Kjaer on June 10, 2007 at 12:16 PM
You were certainly alert when you took this one - very nice!

David :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on June 13, 2007 at 3:00 PM
Great capture of an unique event David :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Justin on June 14, 2007 at 2:44 PM
A well captured moment.