Bees and Wasps: The Definitive Thread

[cybermystic]

Bee on lavender

A single frame macro using the Canon 40D and 100mm macro lens. Image cropped a little:



Greg

[Thomas]

Excellent. Which aperture did you use? F/16?? Shot with flash?
(I enclosed your image in the img-tags to make it show up here. Easier to read for everybody)

[cybermystic]

Thank you Thomas - I tried a while back to make this work with the tags and it didn't work for me. Could you please write what you put on the front and back end of the URL to make this work?

This was f#22 with a ring flash set at +1 (plus one stop).

BEst,
Greg

[Thomas]

Easy, Greg: It's
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/2770953886_169e6d347b_b.jpg[/img]
Best is to mark your address with the mouse and then click on the [img] button in the editor-window. This will enclose your address with an opening and closing tag. Bingo!

[cybermystic]

Many thanks Thomas - I'll give it a try with another Flickr macro right now
Greg

[lostmyway]

Days, it is true or false,'s Magic, how can you get such a photo ah.

[Thomas]

Greg, would you object to your thread becoming the start of a "Bees and Wasps: The definitive Thread"?
I think your 1st post is definitively worth of such a thread-starter. (as explained here)

That would mean that you simply invite others to apend their posts of macro-shots of bees and wasps to this thread so that we get a nice thread going around these beautiful creatures.

Please let us know what you think.

[Wonda Boy]

Super shot...really stunning.

[cybermystic]

Apologies for the delay in getting back - just had an Anniversary break over Dartmoor National Park (and yes I did get LOADS of panoramic shots

Hi Thomas - would be pleased if this image kicked off a bees & wasps thread - please go ahead. In fact Noel Carboni worked hi magic on this image while I was away - I'll post as soon as I can.

Thank you Wonda Boy

All the best,
Greg

[Thomas]

Thanks Greg for inviting others to add to your thread. I've appropriately renamed it and made a short "advertorial" in the "Wildlife and Pet photography" section to give those interested a good chance to contribute.

[Thomas]

And let me add one from my own portfolio.

Busy Bee:


Shot handheld with Sigma 150/2.8 macro at 1/60 sec f/3.3 ISO 560 (ambient light at dusk). Added a little cropping and curves, but no extra sharpness-enhancing measures.

[serenity]

This is all I have..

Detail is low because this was taken with a telephoto lens, not macro.

Camera: Canon Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EFS 55-250mm F/4-5.6 IS
Specs: 1/500 second; F/5.6; 187 mm; ISO 100

Species: Great Golden Digger Wasp
Location: Colonial Park, Somerset, New Jersey

[Joey]

buzzzzzzzz........

[hubery]

hmm...macro photography has tempted me.
I haven't had a macro lens yet, but I should put it in my list..LOL
Here is my shot, taken with standard zoom lens with closest distance.

[cybermystic]

Noel Carboni worked his magic on the original image using a fractal sharpening technique (please don't ask me any questions about image processing - I know next to nothing - ask Noel).



I think the improvement is pretty striking

Greg