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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 30, 201491 views6 comments

An attempt at catching the Bumble Bee inflight. It came in a bit low in the frame, so this pano was my only real option.
Comments welcome of course

F/9, 1/1250th, ISO 1250, 1D M3, 300mm f/2.8 + 1.4x with natural light @ 11:26am & clear. Monopod for support. Very near original width.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 30, 2014 at 9:42 AM

Pretty darn well caught, Howard - and actually the pano format emphasises the flight of the bee towards the flower very nicely. Excellent bg - might just wish for a little less dark a bee but I guess difficult to get any more detail underneath. Like this comp a lot !!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 30, 2014 at 1:46 PM

Looks fine, Howard. The pano format works very well and does indeed emphasize the flight of the bumble bee (sounds like a good name for a song...

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on July 30, 2014 at 2:05 PM

You captured this one in flight very sharply indeed. Well done, nice BG too.
Grt, Ingrid.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on July 31, 2014 at 1:32 AM

The pano works well Howard. Great timing and nice title.

Well done!

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on July 31, 2014 at 7:20 AM

Howard, Nice capture of the bumble bee in flight. Simple composition and excellent background. Well done!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 31, 2014 at 2:23 PM

Good catch, Howard. I like the great view of the in-coming bee headed straight for the orange zinnia. Excellent in-flight detail.

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