richard.heeks
Hovering Bumblebee
Fast! We can do fast here, fast enough to see wings flapping. Been at these for an hour, and this is the only good one. Hard to get them in the light and focussed, but one good one is well worth the work. VIEW LARGE, it resolves!
After the swans and the bubbles, I think I've found a new subject. Didn't even have to go looking two feet past my front door!
I didn't think it would possible to capture a flying bee from this close-up, because the depth of field from f/2.8 (need for speed) gets shorter as you get closer, comparitively, so I thought I'd get so little of him in focus that it would look too abstract. As it is, I think it's worked out nicely.
Hovering Bumblebee
Fast! We can do fast here, fast enough to see wings flapping. Been at these for an hour, and this is the only good one. Hard to get them in the light and focussed, but one good one is well worth the work. VIEW LARGE, it resolves!
After the swans and the bubbles, I think I've found a new subject. Didn't even have to go looking two feet past my front door!
I didn't think it would possible to capture a flying bee from this close-up, because the depth of field from f/2.8 (need for speed) gets shorter as you get closer, comparitively, so I thought I'd get so little of him in focus that it would look too abstract. As it is, I think it's worked out nicely.