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I started a little mini-project a few weeks ago, photographing the multitude of bugs that hang out around my Rudbeckia "Goldstrum" that are currently in bloom. They are great flowers, growing quite tall, but a various heights, seemingly creating a great wall of bright yellow. They bring in lots of varieties of bees, wasps, hovers and flies along with various other insects and their predators. I nipped into the garden yesterday and counted about 10 distinct species, included 3 types of bee, a small wasp, lots of hovers and a couple of flies within 5 minutes (sadly I didn't have time for a shoot), and probably around 100 or so individuals. The only time I have seen more activity is when the ivy bush flowers after the onset of winter.
Anyway, I have lots of others images that I still need to sort through, a few stacks to process, so I'll post more to this thread when I get round to sorting them. In the meantime these were my immediate favourites, and an environmental shot to show my hunting grounds:
Yellow jumper oOOo by Tim Garlick, on Flickr
Barkfly on Rudbeckia by Tim Garlick, on Flickr
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullvantii 'Goldstrum' by Tim Garlick, on Flickr
I find it a real struggle to photograph any bright colour, and yellow seems particularly susceptible to changes in exposure. I think I will definately have to get myself a grey card at some point to figure out the correct colour balance, but for the time being I've processed these individually and without much care to ensure all the yellows match. I probably should do that but it sounds a like a lot of hard work to me!
Here's some music to accompany the series..
Anyway, I have lots of others images that I still need to sort through, a few stacks to process, so I'll post more to this thread when I get round to sorting them. In the meantime these were my immediate favourites, and an environmental shot to show my hunting grounds:
Yellow jumper oOOo by Tim Garlick, on Flickr
Barkfly on Rudbeckia by Tim Garlick, on Flickr
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullvantii 'Goldstrum' by Tim Garlick, on Flickr
I find it a real struggle to photograph any bright colour, and yellow seems particularly susceptible to changes in exposure. I think I will definately have to get myself a grey card at some point to figure out the correct colour balance, but for the time being I've processed these individually and without much care to ensure all the yellows match. I probably should do that but it sounds a like a lot of hard work to me!
Here's some music to accompany the series..
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