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Spotted this bee on the same fence post (horizontal) I've been photographing many leaf cutter bees. I think it's a Coelioxys elongata female, a kleptoparasite of leafcutter/mason bees. A wonderful looking bee though.
Natural light . Focus stacked using zerene.
600D/sigma 105 OS.

Brian V.






Jun 25, 2016 at 01:26 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · A new bee for me


This looks like a good sized bee Brian. The focus stacking certainly does wonders for such small but beautiful creatures. How many images in total? Are you using a tripod? What is the distance between each image in order for focus stacking to be effective?

Alan



Jun 25, 2016 at 07:34 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · A new bee for me


Thanks for the comments Alan - yes it was about honey bee size.
Re the focus stacking - I only used around 3 shots in each image but obviously with natural light it depends on what aperture you get. No I shoot handheld but in this case the bee was on a large piece of wood that I could rest my hand or elbows on to stabilise the camera.
Brian v.



Jun 25, 2016 at 07:52 AM
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Very well done Brian ~ Ron


Jun 25, 2016 at 08:03 AM
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A couple of lovely shots Brian.


Jun 25, 2016 at 08:30 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · A new bee for me


Cool and interesting!


Jun 25, 2016 at 08:54 AM
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Brian,

A very nice bee. I agree on the genus and probably on the species.

Harold



Jun 25, 2016 at 02:04 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · A new bee for me


Excellent detail with neutral light.

Would love to see a full-sized image of this.



Jun 25, 2016 at 02:52 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · A new bee for me


Brian,wonderfully


Jun 25, 2016 at 02:55 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · A new bee for me


Lovely !

Birdie



Jun 25, 2016 at 03:42 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · A new bee for me


Beautiful specimen Brian, and well done on getting the shot in those conditions


Jun 26, 2016 at 02:14 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · A new bee for me


surfnron wrote:
Very well done Brian ~ Ron


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KCollett wrote:
A couple of lovely shots Brian.


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can0nfan2379 wrote:
Cool and interesting!


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e6filmuser wrote:
Brian,

A very nice bee. I agree on the genus and probably on the species.

Harold


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John Koerner wrote:
Excellent detail with neutral light.

Would love to see a full-sized image of this.


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Oleg2016 wrote:
Brian,wonderfully


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birdied wrote:
Lovely !

Birdie


Thanks all for the comments - appreciated
Brian v.




Jun 26, 2016 at 02:15 AM





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