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Bee bothering with a 420mm lens

davidwozhere
Posted 01/05/2021 - 23:25 Link
Someone recently put a 1.4x converter on their DA*300 and went bird bothering with excellent results. Since we have more bees
than birds (marauding pussy cats) I thought I would do the same. The camera is a K3ii at ISO200, lens set at f7.1.

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I think the popular term for this would be "Incoming!" ....
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In which case, this one would be "outgoing!"
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Nearly all bumble bees since the honey bee hive in the big willow tree failed to survive this winter.
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

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Chrism8
Posted 02/05/2021 - 07:21 Link
Superbly well captured, thought I'd bee the first
Chris

www.chrismillsphotography.co.uk

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Mike-P
Posted 02/05/2021 - 12:41 Link
Excellent, so lifelike it's almost like beeing there.

Let'a hope they were beehiving themselves.
Edited by Mike-P: 02/05/2021 - 12:42
Lubbyman
Posted 02/05/2021 - 21:05 Link
Good to see them engaging in their natural beehaviour.

Reminds me of a song by the late, great Arthur Askey:
"Oh, what a glorious thing to be
A healthy, grown-up, busy-busy bee
Whiling away the passing hours
Pinching all the pollen from the cauliflowers"

Steve

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