Great pic of bee

[Gecko_ProCs]

thats RAAD

 

[eladidare]

yep... its a bee

 

[iceman]

Eirco, next time try uping the shutter speed to 1/2000 sec. to get the bee's wing to look like there not moving that all. but apart from that it's a great photo good job.

 

[Joshua VW]

Well your brother "reckens" wrong, not only are they not pinned to a background, but they are not bees, they are hover flies

I know they aren't bees, I actually used to think they were wasps until I found out they were hover flies.

 

[mummydolittle]

What awesome photo's.

 

[Eiroc]

Eirco, next time try uping the shutter speed to 1/2000 sec. to get the bee's wing to look like there not moving that all. but apart from that it's a great photo good job.

I'd like to take the credit, but it wasn't my photo.
But thanks Luke, I'll let my friend know about the speeds.

 

[Southside Morelia]

I love to take macro shots of bugs... Here's a couple of Hover's I took....
Hover Flies are the Jungle Carpets of the bug world..lol
Check out how they tuck their legs up in flight, pretty cool I reckon!

 

[WILDEY]

Both shots are great. I wish I could take shots like that !!

 

[Southside Morelia]

Thanks...
There's alot of dud shots as well, that's the beauty of digital over film...

 

[hazzard]

The first shot is of amegilla cingulata or the (Blue banded bee) It is Australias answer for greenhouse pollination of tomatoes instead of importing the dreaded European bumble bee (bombus terrestris).

I've seen some great shots of these guys we have a few colony's at work!

Thanks

 

[bredli84]

i would give it a B

 

[tan]

I love macro too, have posted these before but some may have not seen them.

 

[Southside Morelia]

You can never get enough of great shots tan, iv'e seen them before, but you don't get sick of them...well done....
Maybe we start a macro thread!
bredli84, mine are a B, no pun intended, but all I had to offer for a hover fly! :lol:

 

[Jozz]

Hover flys are so hard to take photos of! Mine aren't with a good quality camera, but I still think they're good shots

 

[Eiroc]

Thanks 4 the pics Jozz. Yep, you can tell the difference in the camera quality. But nonetheless, I think you have taken some remarkable shots there. It looks like a good camera in your hands would not go to waste at all.

 

[IsK67]

Here's one I prepared earlier.......

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IsK

 

[tan]

Nice Isk, Love the detail you can see in the wings!