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Hi Everyone,
Its been a while since I've posted as been renovating my house and no time to take pictures. Now that I have finished the renovation I have had time to take at least this image. This was taken in my garden a few days ago. The setup was quite easy and was as follows. Nikon D800 in manual with a 105mm Macro lens @F40 to take out the ambient light. two SB900 flashguns, @1/128th power to freeze the bee in flight. One on the side facing the bee and one on the background. Cable release. The hardest thing to do is focus as the DOF is only millimetres. The best way to focus was to wait for it to leave the nest and place a stick in its tube and pre-focus on that using live view. Then cross your fingers and hope for a good image. My only gripe is I should have put a cleaner fake background in. The bee collects pollen on it abdomen to bring back to the nest then once it collects enough it lays an egg then collects leaves to fill in the tube to seal it. I hope you like it and feel free to comment. |
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by Tom Whelan
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