Amazing Bee! (+new version)

[mpaul73]

I'm very happy with this one but I need new eyes to judge it now. Thank you! :)

Martin


http://www.imgmag.org/images/mpaul73/HoneyxBeexFlightx2xweb.jpg

[BCdives]

You may be shooting a while to top that, pure eye candy from corner to corner, I just wish I could shoot one like that someday.

[ssim]

Amazing bee for sure. I really like this one. Good work.

[new girl on the bloc]

yes, great mid-air ready to plunge in buzz!

[zoom]

Could you please give some details on the settings etc. that you used to capture this beutiful shot, I spent an hour trying to photograph a bees hive in a hollow log and all the pics were atrocious.

[RedShoesGirl]

amazing bee is right! The ONLY thing I would fix is the flower....it is a little too bright and takes one's attention away from the very cool bee. You have raised the bar on bug pics!!!!

[clos]

I agree amazing pic!

Please share with us your technique or at least what lens you used.

-Clos

[mpaul73]

zoom wrote:
Could you please give some details on the settings etc. that you used to capture this beutiful shot, I spent an hour trying to photograph a bees hive in a hollow log and all the pics were atrocious.

Took the shot handheld with my G3 set at f/4, 1/1000. I had it on continous setting also, that improved my chances of getting one just right. I'll let you in on a little secret! The flower was added in Photoshop (hard to see right?), AND I agree that it is too much and takes away from the bee. I am planning on doing another version with just the bee. I'll post it sometime soon.

regards
Martin.

[RichardtheSane]

VERY well added there. I kept looking at the image earlier thinking - it's good, but something isn't -quite- right there.... (but still good ;) )
Now I realise - the flower has very good depth of field, but the bee is not quite as sharp as the flower.
It never occured to me the flower had been added - impressive!

[mpaul73]

Ok guys (and girls!), here is another version with a more fitting flower, actually it is the actual flower the bee was buzzing around. Which do you prefer?

Thanks!
Martin.


http://www.imgmag.org/images/mpaul73/HoneyxBeexFlight.jpg

[BCdives]

Bee-utilful! #2 for sure!

[stopbath]

The second is much better. The muted yellow in the bee is echoed in the flower.

[Moly]

looked good before but it looks _absolutely_ stunning now
primo!

[CyberDyneSystems]

Focus on the Bee is definately improved,. Martin this is the best one yet! Spectacular!


//...oh if only I could get one like that of my Red Tailed Hawks... mumble mumble..//jealousy... mumble

[EricvZ]

Haai, second is wuch better, like the yellow flower better.
Keep doing this, very nice work.

[Sheri]

mpaul73 wrote:
Ok guys (and girls!), here is another version with a more fitting flower, actually it is the actual flower the bee was buzzing around. Which do you prefer?

Thanks!
Martin.


http://www.imgmag.org/images/mpaul73/HoneyxBeexFlight.jpg

I do love the bee, but even before the second version I was wondering about that little yellow sac under him? Is that a bit of the original flower? :)

[mpaul73]

Hi
Not sure what you mean about the 'little yellow sack'? If it's what I think you mean it is just a part of the bee, it's the pollen it has collected I think? Anyone?

thanks
Martin.

[EricvZ]

Sheri wrote:
... about that little yellow sac under him? Is that a bit of the original flower? :)


Yep, i think they are pollen from the flower.

[RedShoesGirl]

LOVE the yellow flower version. All the elements come together perfectly in this shot.

RSG

[TimNYC24]

martin, I have spent countless hours this summer trying to catch bees in flight. I have maybe 4-5 good shots out of 200, not exactly the attrition rate I had hoped for. Maybe part of the reason was they were all hand held. This bee seems to be(e) missing a hind set of legs. What happened? Usually, Bees in flight have their legs bent and facing the rear.