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Solitary Bee

by davidstorm

We have a lot of these in our garden.

K-5IIs, DFA 100mm F2.8 Macro, Neewer TTL 560 Speedlite Flash, Home-made Softbox

Uploaded29/06/2014 - 19:15

CategoryMacro

BodyPENTAX K-5 II s

Shutter Speed1/160

Aperturef/16

LensN/A

ISO200

Focal Length100mm

Unique Views / Likes2/0

Tagssolitary bee grass stem back garden pentax k-5 iis home-made softbox

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Date Taken	29/06/2014 - 18:06
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5 II s
Program Mode	Manual
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/160
Aperture	f/16
ISO	200
Focal Length	100mm
Lens	N/A

GIULIO57 GIULIO57

31 posts
17 years
Firenze-Italia

Posted 29/06/2014 - 19:24 Link

Best large.

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autumnlight autumnlight

473 posts
15 years
Derbyshire

Posted 29/06/2014 - 22:03 Link

Remarkable close up.

Kind regards Maria

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drobbia drobbia

46 posts
13 years
California,
USA

Posted 30/06/2014 - 01:58 Link

The purple reflection on the gossamer wing matches/reflects the purple on the bush. Wow. super sharp and executed beautifully, tg

"It's not what you look at that's important, it's what you see" - Thoreau

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Edited by drobbia: 30/06/2014 - 01:58

tyronet2000 tyronet2000

4862 posts
15 years
Northumberland

Posted 30/06/2014 - 08:11 Link

Super capture David. Pleased to hear you are getting plenty bees, don't seem to have seen very many this year.

Regards
Stan

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AndrewH AndrewH

387 posts
17 years
Lincolnshire

Posted 04/07/2014 - 21:28 Link

That's a lovely image, David. Comparing this with some of mine I can see what you mean about lighting and contrast!

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