Sleeping bee, Advocate, Nova Scotia
This bee is sleeping in a wild rose in a sheltered hollow behind the barrier beach at Advocate. One of our favorite places to photograph is along the barrier beach which separates Advocate Bay from the marsh between West Advocate and Advocate Harbour. There was a strong westerly wind blowing up the beach but at just enough of an angle to create a few places where there was "dead air" behind the driftwood pile running along the crest of the beach. Driftwood Lane runs east behind the beach all the way to the "fish farm" (Cape d'Or Sustainable Seafoods). Although you can be taking a beating on the face of the beach with high wind driving salt spray up and over the crest of the beach, you can usually find quiet areas where you can photograph all sorts of stuff in relative comfort.
We had driven out route 209 from Parrsboro that morning, stopping to shoot some pix at Fox River, Port Greville, Wards Brook, and a few other places where a road led south out to the bay. I was using my brand new Kodak DX6490 camera, a 4 megapixel "wonder" that was small enough to put in a large pocket. It had a great wide angle to telephoto zoom range that made framing shots a pleasure. I was experimenting with getting some closeups using a Kodak 161mm f/4.5 Projection Anastigmat enlarging lens reverse mounted on the front of the camera's lens using an adapter ring. Lighting was provided by the camera's pop-up flash shot through 1/2 of a translucent disposable plastic cup from the restroom at the motel in Parrsboro. Several years later I sold the 161mm enlarging lens, but should have kept it. Although quite heavy, as a supplemental front-mounted lens, it was superb on any lens I paired it with.
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Sleeping bee, Advocate, Nova Scotia
This bee is sleeping in a wild rose in a sheltered hollow behind the barrier beach at Advocate. One of our favorite places to photograph is along the barrier beach which separates Advocate Bay from the marsh between West Advocate and Advocate Harbour. There was a strong westerly wind blowing up the beach but at just enough of an angle to create a few places where there was "dead air" behind the driftwood pile running along the crest of the beach. Driftwood Lane runs east behind the beach all the way to the "fish farm" (Cape d'Or Sustainable Seafoods). Although you can be taking a beating on the face of the beach with high wind driving salt spray up and over the crest of the beach, you can usually find quiet areas where you can photograph all sorts of stuff in relative comfort.
We had driven out route 209 from Parrsboro that morning, stopping to shoot some pix at Fox River, Port Greville, Wards Brook, and a few other places where a road led south out to the bay. I was using my brand new Kodak DX6490 camera, a 4 megapixel "wonder" that was small enough to put in a large pocket. It had a great wide angle to telephoto zoom range that made framing shots a pleasure. I was experimenting with getting some closeups using a Kodak 161mm f/4.5 Projection Anastigmat enlarging lens reverse mounted on the front of the camera's lens using an adapter ring. Lighting was provided by the camera's pop-up flash shot through 1/2 of a translucent disposable plastic cup from the restroom at the motel in Parrsboro. Several years later I sold the 161mm enlarging lens, but should have kept it. Although quite heavy, as a supplemental front-mounted lens, it was superb on any lens I paired it with.
100_5838M