Bee captured in mid-flight, flying with his tongue out.
Photography By: © Angi Baker
I was trying the macro setting on my 70-300mm lens in a field of flowers surrounded by these buzzing Bumbles. I am definetly going to invest in a dedicated macro lens… any suggestions as to what to get? I use a Canon 400D.
Guys, this is the best macro for me. Just my opinion, of course. This was cropped to bring him in closer and positioning. I did not use a tripod, hand held, would you believe. Hope you like! Add me to your watch list now / My Bubblesite / Copyright © by Lenz Photo Shop, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without written permission.
two b’s butterfly and Bee A butterfly and Bee sharing a morning mea Featured Works in a Group: / My Bumble Bee Series / Daylight Moon Series: /
Featured in #1 Artists of RedBubble February 13, 2009. / Featured in Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies October 30, 2008. Taken July 15, 2008 with the Nikon D40x, using the 60mm Macro lens. Shutter Speed 1/800, fstop 6.3, iso 200. Montgomery County, Maryland.
Bee enjoying a sunny day trying to get as much pollen as possible before those cold fall days. Better on full screen / Taken with a Canon Xt, sigma 105 Macro 2.8 Ex lens
Matted Print Sold – Thank you! I spent countless hours the past 2 summers trying to obtain that certain bee in flight shot. I have several images but none of them were quite what I had hoped for and envisioned. The 70-200 faster lens was used, the macro with and without flash – every shutter speed setting, DOF, you name it…I tried it! I also assumed I could not obtain a focused in flight shot using my macro, with flash, and a 1/200 ss. I believe I was wrong :o) Even with the proper settings, and prime conditions, obtaining the proper timing with these busy little bees is an art in itself! / Bugs are Beautiful / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST /
September 2008 / East greenbush, N.Y. Conservation Information / A bumblebee (or bumble bee) is any member of the bee genus Bombus, in the family Apidae; there are over 250 known species primarily occurring in the Northern Hemisphere. / Bumblebees are social insects that are characterized by black and yellow body hairs, often in bands. However, some species have orange or red on their bodies, or may be entirely black. Another obvious (but not unique) characteristic is the soft nature of the hair (long, branched setae), called pile, that covers their entire body, making them appear and feel fuzzy. They are best distinguished from similarly large, fuzzy bees by the form of the female hind leg, which is modified to form a corbicula; a shiny concave surface that is bare, but surrounded by a fringe of hairs used to transport pollen (in similar bees, the hind leg is completely hairy, and pollen grains are wedged into the hairs for transport). / Like their relatives the honey bees, bumblebees feed on nectar and gather pollen to feed their young.(wiki) / Olympus E510
As it started to rain, I thought to myself, “if he’s sticking around, then so am I.” As the rain drops started piling up on both of us, I managed to capture this pretty scene before the real deluge / began ! (Windsor, CT.)
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“Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.” ~ ALFRED AUSTIN This is my Secret Garden. My work of the last 2 years has culminated at this point. This piece is so very complex, but I will try to explain it to you. This is me. I am from the earth, of the earth, striving to save the earth. She is me, I am her. I live in the country on Kangaroo Island (Australia), surrounded by nature. I have wild kangaroos in my front yard every night, koalas in my trees, and my son Henley and I walk every day, and celebrate the amazing place we live. This nature has engulfed my being. On average, I have been taking about 100 images with my Canon PowerShot camera every single day for the past two years. Macro bugs, macro wildflowers, skies, dead trees, birds, flowers, shells, leaves, images from my orchard, burnt trees from the bushfires, dried up drought-affected dam bases, kangaroos, and of course, my son Henley. So many images have gone into this one piece. There are two worlds here. The abundant and thriving; and the dying, the gone forever. Our house was surrounded by devastating bushfires in Dec 2007 – a time I will never forget. Nothing but smoke could be seen out the windows. This land is vulnerable and changing for the worse every year as a result of Global Warming. It is an issue so very close to my heart because it is on my doorstep. What will this world be like for my child and all the children of now? Famine, drought, heat waves, extreme weather patterns and natural catastrophes, massive bushfires, more war, no jobs, no money, more disease, more animals extinct forever, less trees and rainforests, less farmers, less food. We are seeing it now. Something has to be done. My forehead shows a migraine I recently had during a heatwave. It felt like a penetrating light was entering my eye and illuminating half of my brain before exiting at the base of my skull where the vision centre of the brain is. It was very powerful to me. Vision. Have the vision before the world dies. Mother Earth is dying, as is half of me. What are you doing to help the earth survive? It’s up to our generation, or there will be nothing left. Your thoughts on this topic are most welcome…. CREDITS: All images taken by me except: Brain, Blood Spatter, & Moon Brushes: PS Brushes.net From Deviant Art: / Fire Brushes: Purestock / Grass Brushes: Annamari-annie / Twig Brushes: Clandestine-stock / Star Brushes: Kuschelirmel-stock / Vine Brushes: gvalkyrie & macys Tree Roots: Rogue-stock , Kaeloth, & Ninde / Green Tree: Its-only-stock / Rainbow Image: Stock-by-Kai Let me know what you think!*
This is a painting I made some years ago – I modified it for a Shirt because its simply cute.
Cherry blossom tree in the Jardin du Luxumbourg, Paris. Spring is here! Featured in European Everyday Life in March 2009 and That One Great Shot in April 2009. Please also see:
Taken with, / Canon 450D with Canon 100mm 1:2.8 USM macro lens / 800 ISO / 1/60 / no flash / late afternoon, overcast but bright / and some luck :)
Dec. 9 2009 – 804 views. For three days now I’ve been chasing bumble bees and today I finally got the shot I wanted! I won’t tell you how many shots it took to get this shot…lol Nikon D200, Nikkor 105mm /
This little guy has an ‘oh shucks’ look about him! Taken in my backyard Kwinana Western Australia. Featured in the group – Plight of the Bumble Bee Winner of the Warm Red Challenge in the group - / Backyard – Close-ups and Macro Shots Only – (3 a day!) Also see
A bee and a flower, I had to lay on my back for this one!! ;-) Kwinana Western Australia Olympus E-410
A Bee :-P Best Viewed Large ;-) Kwinana Western Australia Olympus E-410
9/9/09 ~ Featured in Digital Art Compilation ~ Thank you!!! ♥ 8/30/09 ~ Featured in Insects, Bugs & Creepy Crawlies ~ Thank you!!!!! A digital complilation of 3 photos taken 8/30/09 in my backyard. Using my tripod I took a series of photos of bumblebees swarming around my sunflowers. Natural color and light – two extra bees added to the photo.
Testing the new prime lens / NEW Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 G Prime Lens / Think i’m liking this lens very much
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