Osmia andrenoides, F, Face, Greece, Aegean Islands Lesvos Mytilene_2015-02-18-12.41.27 ZS PMax
How unusual. An Osmia with a red abdomen. Very rare. Also as a cool aside. This one also nests in snail shells. Collected by Jelle Devalez on the Aegean islands of Greece. Pictures taken by Maggie Yuan. Shopping by Elizabeth Garcia.
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All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
Ye know on earth and all ye need to know
" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
John Keats
You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World
www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html... ( www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html... )
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY )
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 )
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo ( plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo )
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU )
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
www.photomacrography.net/ ( www.photomacrography.net/ )
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840
Osmia andrenoides, F, Face, Greece, Aegean Islands Lesvos Mytilene_2015-02-18-12.41.27 ZS PMax
How unusual. An Osmia with a red abdomen. Very rare. Also as a cool aside. This one also nests in snail shells. Collected by Jelle Devalez on the Aegean islands of Greece. Pictures taken by Maggie Yuan. Shopping by Elizabeth Garcia.
~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~
All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
Ye know on earth and all ye need to know
" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
John Keats
You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World
www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html... ( www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html... )
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY )
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 )
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo ( plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo )
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU )
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
www.photomacrography.net/ ( www.photomacrography.net/ )
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840