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Bee Carrying Pollen
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Bee Carrying Pollen

by Roger Leekam

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 13, 2011194 views7 comments
Canon 40D, Canon 60mm 2.8 lens, Taken with tripod in full morning sun 1/300sec,f3.5, ISO 600.

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 13, 2011 at 5:56 PM
Great clarity in the bee. You stopped the action just right. You have 1/300 for the shutter speed and I am wondering if you meant 1/3000 to catch the action the way you did.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 13, 2011 at 7:53 PM
Roger:
Excellent flight shot - nice and crispy details on the bee. I amalso wondering about the SS to freeze the wings as you have here.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 13, 2011 at 8:25 PM
Terrific job of capturing this little guy in flight with great detail.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Roger Leekam on June 13, 2011 at 10:14 PM
I stand corrected. I did mean 1/3000 sec
Registered on May 28, 2009, 83 Posts, 646 Comments
Comment posted by Cristiano Xavier on June 14, 2011 at 7:21 PM
Nice freeze !
Very sharp.
I like the soft background. :toast:
Registered on May 30, 2011, 10 Posts, 24 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Huff on June 15, 2011 at 2:08 PM
AWESOME!!

Ron Huff
Registered on August 31, 2010, 69 Posts, 440 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 10, 2011 at 5:40 AM
Great job of freezing the action at 1/3000th Roger, although in my attempts I never went that high..
You're shooting the bee at hover near the flower, so you can get by with much less SS IMO. Even without fill flash. In addition you're using a tripod, which should let you shoot slower.
It will help to pull the whole bee in your DOF of course.
Appears slightly over-sharp on my monitor, not much though.
Great shot as posted :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments