Messy
Technique: Sometimes when I bait a subject they get the sweet stuff all over, and that's what's happened here. I'm holding on to the Lavender stem that the bee is perched on with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hanf to help keep the scene steady. I also used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200 with highlight tone priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 4x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering with -1 2/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
Messy
Technique: Sometimes when I bait a subject they get the sweet stuff all over, and that's what's happened here. I'm holding on to the Lavender stem that the bee is perched on with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hanf to help keep the scene steady. I also used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200 with highlight tone priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 4x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering with -1 2/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.