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Bee in the pink

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 9, 2012120 views9 comments

Coneflowers are blooming nicely right now and they always attract the bees. I like to set up my tripod and just wait for all the action.

The background is some pink petunias with a light green groundcover in front of them.

Canon Rebel T1i. 180mm macro lens. F/8 for 1/100 sec. ISO 400. Tripod mounted, natural lighting.

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9 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 9, 2012 at 11:05 PM

Wow, Carolyn, great image. The bee and coneflower are excellent, and the background is just gorgeous.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 9, 2012 at 11:29 PM

I like that the bee has some pollen on it. Nice colors. Just curious, what is your closest focusing distance with the 180? Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on July 10, 2012 at 12:30 AM

Gorgeous colors on display here, Carolyn. Very nice shot showing the bumblebee and so many of it's various parts. Particularly like the long tongue (not sure if that's the proper term) which quite often doesn't show up well. Very good.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 10, 2012 at 11:23 AM

You've got a nice piece of eye candy there Carolyn, really like your BG.
The bee and flower make beautiful music together

Well done!

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on July 10, 2012 at 6:23 PM

I really like your composition Carolyn, that flower is beautifully formed. Good technique to capture that bee with pollen showing on it's back. Looks as though the light could have been better to allow you to get slightly better depth of field or freeze the bee movement. Excellent colour palette and pleasing background. Graham

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on July 10, 2012 at 9:13 PM

Absolutely beautiful!!!

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on July 13, 2012 at 5:14 PM

This is just lovely.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 17, 2012 at 4:30 PM

Neat, clean, fine detail, great color and BG is excellent. Fine example of how its done . . .

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Comment posted by Ken Henke on July 18, 2012 at 10:12 PM

This is a very impressive image. The background really is perfect!

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