Wasps and a bee from Colombia 2015

GardenersHelper said:
Eeek! So well done getting these David.

Were you using a ring flash?
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For the potter wasp, I just used the built in flash - that IMHO seems to work well with the Canon 60mm lens. For the others I was using a ring flash which sadly has come to the end of its reliable life.
 
davholla said:
For the potter wasp, I just used the built in flash - that IMHO seems to work well with the Canon 60mm lens.
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Interesting. I seem to recall that is a quite small lens. I have an Olympus 60mm macro, probably even smaller. I've never tried using it with the built in flash....

I just tried using it with the built in flash. I was surprised to find that it gives full coverage of the frame even at 1:1. That's useful to know. Thanks.

davholla said:
For the others I was using a ring flash which sadly has come to the end of its reliable life.
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Will you be replacing it with another ring flash? (I've never used one myself.)
 
GardenersHelper said:
Interesting. I seem to recall that is a quite small lens. I have an Olympus 60mm macro, probably even smaller. I've never tried using it with the built in flash....

I just tried using it with the built in flash. I was surprised to find that it gives full coverage of the frame even at 1:1. That's useful to know. Thanks.



Will you be replacing it with another ring flash? (I've never used one myself.)
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You are welcome, I hope I can come up with a better solution but I find DIY very difficult.
 
ChrisA said:
Is the first and third not a bee ? Like them all.
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I think you are right, I had so many photos that I misidentified some by mistake. Surprisingly spiders, scorpions and grasshoppers were very easy to get identified - wasps less so and moths almost impossible.
 
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