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Gus Cobos
04-19-2009, 05:50 PM
“Working Honey Bee”

This delicate lady was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor 200mm f/4 IF-ED macro lens with a Nikkor 20mm extension tube.

Image Solution:
focal length @ 200mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / 1/160sec. - f/22 / exposure comp @ -1.0EV / ISO @ 200 / white balance @ cloudy / AF - Mode @ manual / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution - Nikon R1C1 wireless close up speedlight system; both light units set to minimum fill flash with a wide dispersal pattern and attached diffuser. / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +2 degrees / support platform – monopod assist, and remote electronic trigger release /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

John Christian
04-19-2009, 08:43 PM
As always, excellent capture! How do you do it?

Mike Moats
04-20-2009, 05:32 AM
Hey Gus, very nice pose, good details and good BG. Well done as usual.

Steve Maxson
04-20-2009, 11:29 AM
Hi Gus. Nice comp and good background and I like the bits of pollen on the front leg. Thought I'd mention that this is actually a fly rather than a bee. There are lots of flies that are mimics of bees or wasps and this is one. :)

denise ippolito
04-20-2009, 04:36 PM
Bee or Fly ?? It's still a very lovely composition with nice lighting.

Ed Vatza
04-20-2009, 05:07 PM
Looks like he is resting to me! :D

Detail is superb. Color is excellent. background is very soft in a positive way. Nice job.

Keep hangin' around here and we'll make a macro photographer out of you yet! :D:p:cool: