First Bee of the year for me....

[gozodog]

Decided with the sun shining this morning I'd dig the macro kit out for the first time this year and go see what I could find.
Not a great deal about this morning, but I did find this bee on some snowdrops....

 

[xSitara™]

Reminds me of 'Honey I shrunk the kids' LOL!
Great shot, Amazing detail

 

[babytiger]

what a lovely shot and excellent detail in the bee I havent spied any insects yet so not been able to try my macro lens out

 

[eosjohn]

Nice shot, love the detail and colour he's not doing bad collecting all that honey.

 

[SpidersEye]

Lovely picture, and covered in pollen too

I saw my first bumblebee on Saturday

 

[chris321]

Really nice shot! What kit did you use for this? Was it just the 100mm macro on it's own, or were you using a flash, tripod, extension tubes etc? I can't wait for the little beasties to come out so I can have a proper play with my macro lens!

Chris

 

[Flashharry]

Wow that is a great photo, I will have to take my macro out more

 

[Dom_Cabarete]

great shot, amazing detail, hope i can get into macro next year maybee

 

[gozodog]

Thanks everyone!

Really nice shot! What kit did you use for this? Was it just the 100mm macro on it's own, or were you using a flash, tripod, extension tubes etc? I can't wait for the little beasties to come out so I can have a proper play with my macro lens!

Chris

no extension tubes, just 40D with 100mm macro and 430ex flash (with a stofen) on a Hakuba LH1 bracket.
Don't use a tripod for any bug stuff, need to move about too much!

 

[jonnypb]

great shot, very tempted to get the 100mm macro myself and give it a go

how far was the lens away from the bee?

 

[gozodog]

great shot, very tempted to get the 100mm macro myself and give it a go

how far was the lens away from the bee?

was at minimum focus distance, so not very far away, at a guess about 8-12 inches

 

[swag72]

Great shot, well captured. Love to see the bee covered in pollen and so much as well!

 

[chris321]

no extension tubes, just 40D with 100mm macro and 430ex flash (with a stofen) on a Hakuba LH1 bracket.
Don't use a tripod for any bug stuff, need to move about too much!

That's good to know, I can't wait for the bugs to come out for summer! I only got the 100mm over winter, so haven't had the chance to really use it outside much.

great shot, very tempted to get the 100mm macro myself and give it a go

Do it, it's an awesome lens, and opens up a whole new world of photography!

Chris

 

[BB44]

Great shot - you lot have got it tropical down south!

 

[zarozinia]

Great shot, so full of detail.