Bee's eyes

[yb98]

http://bellik.free.fr/gallery/galleries/Insects/Bees/2007.07.21_15.32.27.JPG

Yacine.

[Attic]

Nice shot Yacine, You caught in fact a flies eyes and not a bee.

[skylab]

Could be Volucella bombylans
Nice shot.

[Attic]

Could be Volucella bombylans
Nice shot.
Could be Brian I was thinking it may be the Drone fly Eristalis tenax.

[skylab]

Could be Brian I was thinking it may be the Drone fly Eristalis tenax.

50-50. Hard to be 100% without a side view.

[yb98]

I really thought it was a bee...
Here is a side view if it can helps.

http://bellik.free.fr/bee.JPG

[skylab]

I think I will give that one to Alby. Looks like a Male.

[Attic]

I think I will give that one to Alby. Looks like a Male.
Cheers Brian. Yeah it's a male for sure.

[Carolys]

Salut, Trop génial tes photos. Avec quel matériel et quels réglages,tu les fais?

[yb98]

Salut, Trop génial tes photos. Avec quel matériel et quels réglages,tu les fais?

Thanks (je réponds en anglais pour que tout le monde comprenne).
The lens is 70-200 4L (or sometimes 50 mm) + 3 kenkoo tubes.
The camera is a digital rebel.
The raw converter is DPP.
The flash is a 430EX.
The aperture is f11.
The time is 1/200 s.
+ a home made diffuser.
http://bellik.free.fr/diffuser.JPG

Yacine.

[eccles]

a home made diffuser. Bounty kitchen towel? light and very absorbent. :D

[Leorooster]

Great capture! Love it ;)

Very nice diffuser, btw :)

[LordV]

Lovely capture Yacine- as commented above it's a drone fly hoverfly Eristalis sp.
Brian V.