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Spring cleaning

by Carolyn Derstine

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted March 22, 2012115 views6 comments
This bee looks like he is "cleaning" the petunia flower to me. Not sure exactly what he was doing; cleaning off pollen maybe but on the back? More likely he was just crawling around but I liked the pose he had.

Panasonic DMC-FZ28. 85mm at F/5.6 for 1/400 sec. ISO 100.

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on March 23, 2012 at 8:19 AM
Excellent, Carolyn. Fantastic detail in the bee, even in the black face and body. I like the POV and the color in the translucent wings. :toast:
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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on March 24, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Great colors and an excellent quality of detail on this image- Very well done, Fabio
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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 25, 2012 at 1:21 PM
Amazing detail and dof. Is this a stack?
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on March 25, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Cheryl--This is not a stack; I have not yet tried that technique.
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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on March 27, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Awesome capture--beautiful color and detail!
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 31, 2012 at 4:17 PM
Hi Carolyn :wavey: Wow!! Is it you or the camera :biggrin: The detail , color and light are remarkable :jump:
Albert Darmo
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