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Male wool carder bee ..

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Posted by David Taylor on June 25, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Male wool carder bee ..
..approaching purple toadflax flowers. This is the first I've seen this year about three weeks late. No females yet unfortunately.
Very difficult to catch in flight (for me anyway). Fascinating creatures.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50 EX macro lens
Sigma ring flash
Hand held
F16
1/200s
ISO50
Manual focus
RAW adjustment in
SPP3
Cropped in PS Elements 5


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Posted by Graeme Lee on June 25, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Wow, really like this. The fact it's colour helps too :biggrin: Like the square format here, but the border doesn't float my boat, but that's very subjective. The colours are beautiful. Oh, and it's a great shot David :wink:
Posted by Danny Green on June 25, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Great shot David some lovely colours going on there.

Danny
Posted by Dawn Monrose on June 25, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Nice shot, really well caught, I can't imagine where to begin with photographing a bee in flight. I have enough trouble with things that stand still. :rolleyes: Really nice pose too with the wings forward. Nice work.
Posted by PhilH on June 26, 2009 at 5:25 AM
That is good David... not easy to catch bees in flight but you have done well here... not fond of the border though but that does not detract from a fine image

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Posted by Matt Cole on June 26, 2009 at 11:17 AM
a well taken shot David, this can't have been easy. I do like the way the bee is entirely framed within the dark background and doesn't overlap the flower at all.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Fran French on June 26, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Some very fine detail that shows well against the dark b/g. A difficult subject, especially in flight. Well taken.

Fran :toast: