The Bumblebee at work..., a photo from Ile-de-France, North

Photographer's Note

I'm not that skilled at identifying insects so I hope I'm not saying something silly when discribing it as a bumblebee. It was shot in Paris at the Bercy gardens.

This macro is one acceptable among my many attempts of last summer. I was not aware it took so much patience to be able to focus corrctly on such a flying subject... Landscapes are quite easier to handle for me ! If you have any advice, please do not hesitate because I found this try quite funny.

I just recropped the picture so as to put the insect in a strong node of the picture.

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Didi (61589) 2003-12-08 16:15

Blub euh une abeille ?
De toute façon elle butine sans craindre votre présence rapprochée, sinon vous auriez eu un nez en "patate".
La netteté est centrée sur "l'action" de l'insecte, juste ce qu'il faut pour attirer un regard très intéressé

milloup (1829) 2003-12-08 16:24

Welcome to the club of macro fans ;-) You've got the head in focus, which is good. But you need a higher F-stop to get the entire bee inside the DOF range, try F-8 or higher, if possible. Bees are tricky customers as they move around a lot and hardly ever sit quite still. For practice targets spiders and hoverflies are much easier. Happy shooting - when the season comes again ;-)

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allotfy (1525) 2003-12-08 17:56

wonderful focus i see every thing is great the color the frame, i'm will be proud do do WS to you hope it be useful.

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Jaszczur (25) 2003-12-08 18:38

Great photo,
wonderful colors and sharpness.

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joseelias (0) 2003-12-09 7:09

Great macro shot. One of the best on TE. Colors are really nice and so the DOF. It's unusuall to see so many fine details and a complex composition at this scale. Very good.

gardenwife (103) 2004-04-05 4:41