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Apr 18, 2006 00:42 | #1

I took these in my back yard....they are Blue Banded Bee's and are about half the size of a normal bee....

Pretty don't you think?

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Apr 18, 2006 00:57 | #2

Both are quite beautiful. The detail in the first is excellent but for the overall image I prefer the second shot...great composition, action , color , light...all comes together. Both shots are great. What is the exif data on these?.......nice work!!

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Apr 18, 2006 01:13 as a reply to @ Gary Fairhead's post | #3

Gary Fairhead wrote:
Both are quite beautiful. The detail in the first is excellent but for the overall image I prefer the second shot...great composition, action , color , light...all comes together. Both shots are great. What is the exif data on these?.......nice work!!

I'm only new at this so please excuse my ignorance....

I took the shots with a Canon 20D, 100 mm Canon macro lens..I manually focused as they are fast movers and I didn't trust the camera's auto focusing for it. Apeture 5.6 Shutter Speed 1/200 No flash for the flying shot...but a Canon 550ex was used (2 stops down) for the first shot as I was losing light fast. All shots were hand held.

Thank you for the critque, its much appreciated!

I hope this helps??

I have attached another I took on the same day...

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Apr 18, 2006 05:27 | #4

I've never seen a blue banded bee before Not sure if we get them here in WA.
Great shots

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Apr 18, 2006 07:14 | #5

Wow! Great shoooting. The 2nd (in flight) shot is simply stunning. I'd have said the same for the others, as well, if I weren't so blown away by #2.

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Apr 18, 2006 07:49 | #6

wow Bindii - from snakes and lizards to bees - all bities!

And, again, you have nailed them. So crisp and clear. Excellent. I am SO impressed.

(I'm gonna have to go find some critters...)

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Apr 18, 2006 10:05 | #8

Exceptional photos! I'd love to see more of these models!

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Apr 18, 2006 12:25 | #9

Wow thanks guys...I hadn't seen one either Dragonfli and when I spotted them in the yard I took the shots originally to try and identify them...I have found where they live now and plan to have another go at photographing them one day...
Thaks Mike, I got lucky this day....all the shots were hand held and they were all clear enough when I loaded them into the computer....I'm not always this lucky.
Kiwibloke...plenty of critters in Sydney too...no excuses anymore...I'll probably b sorry i said that I've looked at your site and you have some amazing shots on there...
Sprinkles and Tupe....I'm blown away by everyones comments...thanks!

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Apr 18, 2006 18:00 | #10

Very beautiful! I have never heard of them before...

what is their range?

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Apr 18, 2006 20:26 as a reply to @ superdiver's post | #11

superdiver wrote:
Very beautiful! I have never heard of them before...

what is their range?

They really are stunning insects, I was quite taken by the vivid blue on their backs.

They are an Australian Native bee...stingless I believe despite that wicked looking thing on their face...

I had a search and the concencus is that they are foundeverywhere in Australia with the exception of Tasmania and the Northern Territory.

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Apr 18, 2006 20:35 | #12

all are great, but number 2 is fantastic.for all the reasons already stated

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Apr 18, 2006 21:23 | #13

They are quite beautiful - I'm glad to know they are stingless, I'm highly allergic to bee stings!! And with all the other poisonous and dangerous critters you've got downunder I'm really surprised to learn that!

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Apr 19, 2006 06:09 | #14

Very nice shots. The second one is great !! Thanks for sharing.

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Apr 19, 2006 06:20 | #15

Awesome captures! I like the second one best. Do you mind to share the EXIF info also?

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