Bumblebee... Iscorama anamorphic
Taken in Ridgewood Cemetery, North Andover, MA. We went out late one day and found one flowering tree in Ridgewood that had a number of blossoms occupied by a variety of bees. All were moving very slowly, as if chilled, but the temperature was about 75 degrees. Maybe they turn sluggish very late in the day as the time for sunset approaches. I held the blossom with my left hand braced against my macro bracket, moving it forward and backward to focus. The spot I was trying to get critically sharp was the tip of the tongue with its two small projections. Taken with a Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens @ f/22... focused at infinity, with an Iscorama anamorphic lens (1968) on the 85mm, with a Soligor 90-230mm objective reverse mounted on the Isco, with a Panagor 85-205mm objective reverse mounted on the Soligor. Although taken at a very small aperture, depth of field is still very shallow. Stacking supplementary lenses on the front of a primary doesn't result in any light loss, so shooting at a minimum aperture doesn't present a problem with illumination. Pop-up flash lighting reflected off foil covered reflectors of a home-made macro bracket.
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Bumblebee... Iscorama anamorphic
Taken in Ridgewood Cemetery, North Andover, MA. We went out late one day and found one flowering tree in Ridgewood that had a number of blossoms occupied by a variety of bees. All were moving very slowly, as if chilled, but the temperature was about 75 degrees. Maybe they turn sluggish very late in the day as the time for sunset approaches. I held the blossom with my left hand braced against my macro bracket, moving it forward and backward to focus. The spot I was trying to get critically sharp was the tip of the tongue with its two small projections. Taken with a Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens @ f/22... focused at infinity, with an Iscorama anamorphic lens (1968) on the 85mm, with a Soligor 90-230mm objective reverse mounted on the Isco, with a Panagor 85-205mm objective reverse mounted on the Soligor. Although taken at a very small aperture, depth of field is still very shallow. Stacking supplementary lenses on the front of a primary doesn't result in any light loss, so shooting at a minimum aperture doesn't present a problem with illumination. Pop-up flash lighting reflected off foil covered reflectors of a home-made macro bracket.
DSC-8131