Melissa Usrey
07-31-2017, 10:05 PM
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I went back to my local pond and took my rarely used macro lens with me just in case there was little else to shoot. I thought I would get some macro practice in because it's not my normal medium. There were hundreds of these tiny bees swarming around tiny weed-like plants near on the grass. I'm assuming they don't sting because I was sitting on the grass among them! Catching one in flight (vs. not on a flower sipping pollen) was a challenge, so I'm glad I was able to get this shot.
Canon 1 DX mk II
Canon 100 EF 2.8 macro lens
100mm
ISO 4000
1/6400 sec.
f/6.3
Handheld
The second photo I edited to remove more of the background noise. I hope you can see the difference!
I went back to my local pond and took my rarely used macro lens with me just in case there was little else to shoot. I thought I would get some macro practice in because it's not my normal medium. There were hundreds of these tiny bees swarming around tiny weed-like plants near on the grass. I'm assuming they don't sting because I was sitting on the grass among them! Catching one in flight (vs. not on a flower sipping pollen) was a challenge, so I'm glad I was able to get this shot.
Canon 1 DX mk II
Canon 100 EF 2.8 macro lens
100mm
ISO 4000
1/6400 sec.
f/6.3
Handheld
The second photo I edited to remove more of the background noise. I hope you can see the difference!