Evening Bee

I came home yesterday to find a dead bee on the porch. That kind of bummed me out a little, so I was happy to see a healthy one this morning in a similar spot.

I grabbed a couple shots with the Canon 100mm macro and Raynox 250 attached, but I had the focus backed out so that the magnification was probably closer to 1.5:1 or less. Luckily, this test proved that having the Raynox on the lens with the focus backed out pretty far does not harm the quality of the image. Phew.

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Lovely captures
Brian v.

Thanks, Brian.

Wonderful shots.

Thanks a lot.

I like the angle you've used for the first one, the line of the in focus edge of the wing really draws the attention to the eye.

FarCanal wrote in post #13197458
I like the angle you've used for the first one, the line of the in focus edge of the wing really draws the attention to the eye.

Thank you. I actually have another one that I haven't posted anywhere that is a profile angle on the bee, and the whole wing is in perfect focus and is perfectly straight in parallel with the frame. However, the eye is totally out of focus in that one. I find it very tough to decide whether anyone else would like a shot like that, because although it violates the rules of what makes a "good" macro shot, it is also interesting because it is unusual. I don't think it's quite forum ready, though; the standards here are too high for that one!

Lovely shots,

Very nice

gatorlink wrote in post #13199229
Thank you. I actually have another one that I haven't posted anywhere that is a profile angle on the bee, and the whole wing is in perfect focus and is perfectly straight in parallel with the frame. However, the eye is totally out of focus in that one. I find it very tough to decide whether anyone else would like a shot like that, because although it violates the rules of what makes a "good" macro shot, it is also interesting because it is unusual. I don't think it's quite forum ready, though; the standards here are too high for that one!

I know exactly what your talking about, when someone visits and I show them my photo's on the computer they always like the ones I don't. Post the photo and lets see ... I often think I'm a poor judge of my own photo's.

FarCanal wrote in post #13201131
I know exactly what your talking about, when someone visits and I show them my photo's on the computer they always like the ones I don't. Post the photo and lets see ... I often think I'm a poor judge of my own photo's.

Haha, okay, you asked for it! Not much about this photo is "good" in terms of what people expect from a traditional insect macro, but I still like it. I feel like it makes the bee look like a jetliner or some other high-performance machine. It's not one I would ordinarily show to other people, but it is one that I would keep in my personal collection just for my own viewing.

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