study of a bee

mowse · Post by **mowse** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:18 pm

Such a patient bee; it never left its perch while i fired away. My only regret was having to work with the last few minutes of evening light.

canon 20D, mix of 100mm f/2.8 macro and 70-200 f/4L

-jamie

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:07 am

Maybe he was tired after a long day of working for the hive......I get that way also

Very nice shots Jamie

salden · Post by **salden** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:09 am

Very nice sequence of images of the bee. I find that bees are not very active in the early morning. Sometimes I can find them still sleeping

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:30 pm

Very nice male Melissodes. This genus is virtually impossible to get to genus by photograph though and not much easier with material in hand.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:16 pm

You did quite good with that last glimer of available light there mowse. Nice, sharp, and clean photographs. I can't say that I have ever seen a powder blue colored bee before and I find it quite a refreshing change of pace. Very beautiful.