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pollen coat D/U warning
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:22 amby Gordon
Caught this bee? at my parents place in a hollyhock the other day, it was intent in getting deep into the flower and consequently got covered in pollen
It wouldnt stay still for an instant so I was following it around trying to anticipate its next move in an effort to get it in focus, one hand holding the stem from blowing in the wind, with camera in the other hand.
105mm with a bit of a crop and resizing, slight colour boost and unsharp mask.
Gordon
Posted:
Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:46 amby Gordon
Another one from a different angle. The OOF bit of flower in the foreground bugs
me a bit, but I think the different perspective shows the body a bit better.
Gordon
Posted:
Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:25 amby skippy
Fantastically sharp! Love both of them! Can't have been easy catching it.
How far away were you to fill the frame this much? Maybe I need a macro lens...
Posted:
Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:42 amby Gordon
skippy wrote:Fantastically sharp! Love both of them! Can't have been easy catching it.
How far away were you to fill the frame this much? Maybe I need a macro lens...
Thanks
they are both cropped from the original, taken from maybe 30 or 40cm at a guess.
Gordon
Posted:
Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:18 amby skippy
So not resized at all then, just cropped? Still a respectable amount of the frame.
Posted:
Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:40 amby Gordon
The 1st one posted (taken later) was cropped + resized down, the bug was about half the frame long originally, the 2nd one was all crop, it was about 1/4 the length of the frame.
Gordon
Posted:
Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:59 amby Killakoala
That's just extraordinary. What a great photo. Well spotted and shot Gordon.
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:48 amby Oneputt
Super detail Gordon
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:58 amby Big V
Gordon, they are fantastic...love how much pollen has covered the bee..
How goes the astronomy?
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:04 amby stubbsy
Gordon - while not the prettiest of photos this is a superb example of the wonderful detail you can get with a dedicated macro lens. I'm guessing that bee was having a fun time.
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:41 amby sirhc55
Gordon, why worry about OOF foreground when you have captured a superb subject in an excellent macro
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:38 amby Gordon
Big V wrote:Gordon, they are fantastic...love how much pollen has covered the bee..
How goes the astronomy?
good, although I just finished a 5 night observing run this morning with no new NEO discoveries... the last couple of months have been a bit of a discovery drought, but there has been a lot of cloud reducing observing time
More exciting is the prospect of testing out my new 30mm f/1.4 Sigma on the sky sometime very soon from home
Hopefully its waiting for me at the PO this arvo.
Gordon
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:12 pmby MATT
Hmm, that bee must realy like the pollen. These are great images.
Like them both. The bee is sparp in no.2 thats bit i love.
MATT
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Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:15 pmby Alpha_7
Gordon - Loved this two shots, great to see a bee throwing himself into his work and really enjoying it, to get that covered he must of been having fun! Great work in a trying situation... shooting and holding the flower still, and trying to predict a bee's movements is not an easy feat!
Anyways, you were well rewarded for your efforts, some great macro shots that are a little less conventional and also provide entertainment value!
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Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:43 pmby avkomp
amazingly sharp
nice shots.
certainly wouldnt have picked the 105mm as having taken these.
Steve
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Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:47 pmby Alex
Excellent shots. Very sharp and detailed.
Alex