Have you seen the female gathering plant hairs yet? Would be cool to get a shot of her with her ball of hair (I've never even seen one of these bees, nor a photo of this behaviour).
This shot is a little too tighly cropped for my tastes- though without a larger sensor the background will always be distracting, even in macro shots. Could you arrange a green towel or sheet to act as a background?
This is a good behavoural record shot. The problems with the image have been mentioned, I feel it has a lot of noise as well, you have'nt stated what your ISO was. I am not familiar with the particular camera you are using but if you can alter your ISO rating for bright sunlight (as this looks like it is) ISO 100 or 200 should be OK.
Interesting behaviour, as said the crop is overdone plus the image is too contrasty, it appears just a little too confusing to actually see what is happening, not sure if a different viewpoint was possible, appreciate that trying to record this behaviour is not easy....
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8 repliesindulging it a bit of snogging.
Sony DSC F717 hand held, natural light, cropped.
Have you seen the female gathering plant hairs yet? Would be cool to get a shot of her with her ball of hair (I've never even seen one of these bees, nor a photo of this behaviour).
This shot is a little too tighly cropped for my tastes- though without a larger sensor the background will always be distracting, even in macro shots. Could you arrange a green towel or sheet to act as a background?
Rene de Heer
This is a good behavoural record shot. The problems with the image have been mentioned, I feel it has a lot of noise as well, you have'nt stated what your ISO was. I am not familiar with the particular camera you are using but if you can alter your ISO rating for bright sunlight (as this looks like it is) ISO 100 or 200 should be OK.
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Rob
Interesting shot.
Tim
All the best
Good behaviour shot - ditto the recommendations above.
Michael S
Barrie