... for a while, maybe. It's been a bad year for insects with all the rain here but a few did show. This is the Blue Banded Bee just before it warmed up and woke up, native to Oz, with Blue Salvia and reflective in BG.
Stryker 2.0 wrote:
That is really great. What does it take to get a shot like this?
You need to know a bit about the creatures habits; this bee sleeps the way you see him, gripping the stem in his mandibles. And they don't fly at night, as a general rule, especially when it's been raining and temps are down. Other than that and the usual you can find here - http://beingmark.com/macro-illustrated/ - I have a sun reflector behind it with some blue salvia in front of that and just shoot until you get enough to know there are some keepers.
