"Miss Bumble Bee"

[Gus Cobos]

“Miss Bumble Bee”

This pretty 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 @ manual / in camera matrix metering / 1/160sec. - f/22 / exposure comp @ 0EV / ISO @ 320 / white balance @ custom profile – using expo disk / 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.

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Gus, Your bee looks nice and sharp, there is a spot under the bee that I'd clone. Nice catchlight in the eye. Different composition!!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very interesting...I like the "buy buy I don't care"
attitude of the bee.

I wonder if it is possible to stop the wings on an
insect using a flash like in the case of hummers.
Have you ever tried it?

Cheers,

[Lance Peters]

Action macro's now Gus :) Like the composition a lot - well done :)

[Alfred Forns]

...now your getting them in flight !!!! :)

[Gail Spitler]

Wow!!!!
Gail

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Lots of details my friend.