POST YOUR BEE SHOTS (any non-butterfly all pollinators are welcome - wasps, etc.)

Dalantech wrote in post #19079823
Normally I try to make the critters that I photograph look cute and cuddly. But I'm not sure that's possible when shooting a portrait of a Mammoth Wasp (Megascolia maculata), the largest wasp in Europe. This female was foraging for nectar in my Sunflowers so I injected Agave nectar into one of them to give her a reason to let me get close. She lays her eggs on European rhinoceros beetle larva, and we have them in my yard.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F14, 1/250, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 1x) + a diffused MT-26EX RT (E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Clarity in that order.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jcJ​4EU Mammoth Wasp by John Kimbler, on Flickr

You are a very brave man to get your face that close to the largest wasp in Europe. It makes me quiver just thinking about it.

BIF

PSteven wrote in post #19079841
You are a very brave man to get your face that close to the largest wasp in Europe. It makes me quiver just thinking about it.

Although there's a fine line between brave and stupid the critter was in a "carb comma" and I was pretty sure I could safely photograph it

A Bee Flight

from my walk..

SYS wrote in post #19081436
A Bee Flight

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Well done - it is not easy photographing flying insects

PSteven wrote in post #19081314

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Beautiful!!

I found this Sweat Bee snoozing in a Poppy Flower and shot it as it was waking up.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (2x) + a diffused MT-26EX RT (E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Clarity in that order.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jdT​V2T

Busy Bee....

When I found this bee I wasn't sure what it was doing, but it didn't seem skittish so I decided to try and take a shot. When I looked through the view finder I realized that it was blowing a bubble, and every other second or so it would stick its proboscis out. The prevailing theory is that insects blow bubbles to expose their stomach contents to the air to aid beneficial bacteria in breaking down what they've eaten.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/100, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX RT (E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Clarity in that order.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jen​byd