busyasabee

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Posted by Greg Hitchcock on March 26, 2009 at 5:15 PM

300mm, 1/400@f5, ISO400, Tripod, cropped from landscape plus a bit from top.

Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, queen

Another half-an-hour at the bird feeding station on my lunchbreak, birds were few and far between but this queen hung around for a little while.

C&C welcome

Greg

Posted by Matt Cole on March 27, 2009 at 3:54 AM

that's very nice Greg, this couldn't have been an easy shot to get. You've done well to get the bee so sharp.

Matt

Posted by PhilH on March 27, 2009 at 4:38 AM

Nicely done and not that easy to capture... Yellow isn't Canons fave colour and you have done well to keep detail there as well as in the Bee....

(I presume this is Tyland, are you sneaking some nice perches into the bird feeding station?)

Posted by Mark sellings on March 27, 2009 at 5:54 AM

Well done - can't have BEEn an easy shot to get!

I like it although the brightness below the bee is distracting and you could lose a bit off the bottom for my tastes but thats just personal.

Mark

Posted by Mark Davies on March 27, 2009 at 7:15 AM

If this is a beehaviourial shot its very good. I'll get my coat.

Posted by Major Gilbert on March 27, 2009 at 9:14 AM

Beehave yourself Mark & Mark. Love the colouration on this species of Bee.

Major.

Posted by Brian Davis on March 27, 2009 at 3:26 PM

I love all this macro type stuff, I must give it a go. Nice shot well done.