Bumble bee sp.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I am not sure if this is the blonde bumble bee, in any case it is very pale because it is covered in pollen.. I used Procapture Low, focusing on the bee with 9 focus points arranged in a square, I waited for the bee to land and as soon as I saw it lift off I fired the shutter.

Hand held

Olympus : E-M1X
Lens : OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0
Lens focal length : 300 mm
Focal Length (35 mm conversion) : 601.0mm
Metering mode : Pattern
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 1600
Exposure compensation : -0.3 EV
Shutter speed : 1/3200 sec
Aperture : F5.6
Flash : OFF

ACR & PSCC

[Paul Burdett]

Nicely done Jonathan. Just getting it on take-off requires good timing...and you did that.

[John Mack]

Everything looks nice and sharp. You handled the light very well.