Bee Macros

[Marvin]

Well, the weather has been nice here and I have had plenty of bees in the garden. I have been having heaps of trouble capturing them in my lavender bushes and then I went to my parent's place and discovered it is infinitely easier to take pictures of them on low bushes. There were two different kinds of bees - the regular ones and some much smaller ones which appeared to have no sting (native bees??).

All taken with the D200 and tamron 90mm macro. Any C & C appreciated.

Cheers,
Lee

[Big V]

Lee, I like the eyes in number 2. Why didnt you call when you were down?

[Pehpsi]

Beautiful shots! 2 & 3 are excellent. Great focus, colours, DOF. Top notch

[DebT]

Lee, nice start to the spring collection I particularly like the native bees - eye detail in #2 & wing detail in #3 .
Have you used the flash at all ?
Deb T

[Marvin]

Thanks guys. Deb, yes I used the SB800 for some and the onboard flash for others (I can't remember which though). Virgs, we were only there for a couple of hours (most of which I spent outside with the camera! )

[ATJ]

Lee,

Numbers 2 and 3 for me, too. While the others are nice and sharp in parts, the bees aren't at good orientation with respect to the camera with the shallow depth of field.

After taking some bee shots 10 days ago, I appreciate how difficult it can be.

[greencardigan]

Number 2 and 3 are hover flies I think.

I have them in my front yard and they hang around the same little white flowers in #3.

[devilla101]

Well captured. Lovely color and the sharpness is next to amazing.

[blacknstormy]

Lee - great shots
Green Cardigan is spot on- shots 2 and 3 are hoverflies - or syrphids.
The rest of the shots are of the european honeybee, Apis melifera.
keep it up .... I love it when you all take shots of insects
Hugs
Rel

[Marvin]

Thanks for the feedback ATJ. The little ones tended to stay still a bit longer than the big ones! It is fun trying to get a good shot though! Thanks for the ID Rel and Greencardigan.