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Yellowjacket Encounter
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Yellowjacket Encounter

by Roger Leekam

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 4, 2012141 views11 comments
Taken in sunlight as they swarm on a wild turnip bush which they seem to love. These guys will take a swipe at each other as they go by for no apparent reason. Canon 7D, Canon 60mm 2.8lens,1/1250sec, f7.1,f7.1,ISO 800.

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 4, 2012 at 5:55 PM
Another great shot in this set, nice job of getting em' both in with one in-flight.
Not an easy task. Did you use flash?
I generally always use flash when going for flying bugs/b-flies.
Well done Roger, I like this :wavey:
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 4, 2012 at 9:13 PM
Neat capture! Without your added information this could be a greeting dance or a fight.
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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on August 4, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Very cool shot. Two at the time with one in flight. I love those dangling legs.
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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on August 4, 2012 at 10:42 PM
Great image, beautiful and graceful with outstanding color and light. Nice
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Comment posted by John Tobias on August 5, 2012 at 12:02 AM
Nice shot! Well done. Like that you got one in flight. How close were you with the 60mm? Thanks for sharing.
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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on August 5, 2012 at 4:41 AM
Great shot, Roger! I love the dangling legs of the flying one. :wavey:
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Comment posted by Chris Grabski on August 5, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Surely a fantastic action image. :wavey:
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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Fantastic in flight image, Roger.
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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on August 5, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Thank you, everyone. Howard, I try not to use flash unless absolutely necessary - didn't need to here. john I was probably less than 1ft. away. These don't care about you when they're foraging. Should have mentioned that this is about 75% of original.
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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on August 6, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Nice shot.
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 7, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Hi Roger :wavey: WOW!!! Another great action shot :eek: again the interaction batween the two is amazing....... the detail and color are 1st class :toast:
Albert Darmo
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