pollination in action

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12 replies

Posted by Matt Cole on April 3, 2008 at 12:51 PM

Not the most elegant of compositions but I gave up worrying about that when I realised that the bee was only pausing for a second or two at each flower! Interesting to see the flower's stigma rubbing against the bee thereby picking up any pollen that the bee may have been carrying.

Taken at around 1.5x with my MPE-65. Around 20% cropped off the bottom of the image.

1/160 sec, f13, ISO 100, Speedlight 580EXII with diffuser and off-camera bracket, handheld.

Posted by Paul Inglis on April 3, 2008 at 2:04 PM

Hi Matt,

Excellent stuff! I like it!

Posted by eric weight on April 3, 2008 at 2:34 PM

I like that Matt. very interesting shot and good depth of field. I actually think that the comp is pretty good as well.

Eric

Posted by John Robinson on April 3, 2008 at 3:32 PM

Very dramatic !
JohnR

Posted by Dave Bartlett on April 3, 2008 at 3:32 PM

Great detail in the business end! Super shot.

Dave

Posted by Andy Astbury on April 3, 2008 at 3:51 PM

Cracking detail and super exposure - you make one of the hardest lenses on the planet look easy Matt

Posted by jack chapman on April 3, 2008 at 3:56 PM

the detail in this is amazing, those eyes are great too

Posted by Matt Cole on April 3, 2008 at 4:56 PM

thanks for the comments, they're much appreciated.

Matt

Posted by John Chapman on April 4, 2008 at 5:39 AM

Great shot Matt
John

Posted by Rene de Heer on April 4, 2008 at 6:56 AM

Not much of a macro photographer myself, so appreciate this kind of work!
Rene de heer

Posted by Helge Sorensen on April 4, 2008 at 8:35 AM

Super detailed shot, very nice!

Posted by Greg Hitchcock on April 4, 2008 at 10:36 AM

Fantastic shot! I'm a big fan of macro, and the level of detail here is superb.

Greg

Posted by Matt Cole on April 5, 2008 at 2:56 AM

many thanks for the further comments

Matt