Little Bee and Butterfly

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:06 pm

This is the first Eastern Swallowtail I have seen this year and probably the first little bee of this kind too.

Though not imaged here and I did not get good enough shots of them to post, I noticed that the Japanese beetle is a bit early this year in my neck of the woods, almost two months early.

EOS 20D
Manual mode, black and white conversion
1/250 sec. @ f/8 ISO 100
Canon EF-100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Canon 220EX ETTL Speedlite
PP: Photo Impact 6

(Image data the same for both)

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:45 am

I like the composition of the first one. Everything looks very balanced with the flower, bee and the background. The bee stands out very much from everything else and the B&W works great. On a lighter note the butterfly looks like a skunk with wings because of the two hairy striped running down the body.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:33 pm

Doug replied:

On a lighter note the butterfly looks like a skunk with wings because of the two hairy striped running down the body.

Shhhh...

You're not supposed to mention that. Rik will make me tell how I got or put wings on that skunk.

Thanks Doug