Being Bees

Bees and there like are always fun to shoot, this is a selection of some of them taken over the early May Bank Holiday weekend.

The first couple are Solitary Bees taken at Garston Wood on the wild garlic flowers.  I particuarly like the pose in the first one, whilst the second shows how much pollen these small bees can collect.

Solitary Bee on Ramson. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm lens.  ISO 200 F11 1/200.  Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Flash, with Vellum Diffuser.

 

Bee and Pollen on Ramson. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm lens.  ISO 400 F11 1/200.  Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Flash, with Vellum Diffuser.

Now a real closeup of a Bees head taken near the river at White Mill.

Solitary Bees Head at around 4x Magnification. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm lens.  ISO 400 F11 1/200.  Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Flash, with Vellum Diffuser.

Whilst there, I also came across a Nomanda Bee that posed nicely, firstly on top of the flower.

Nomanda Bee in Flower. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm lens.  ISO 400 F11 1/200.  Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Flash, with Vellum Diffuser.

And then on the side, where I was able to get a two shot stack of it.  Photos were stacked in Photoshop CC.

 

Nomanda Bee Stacked.  2 Shots stacked in Photoshop CC.  Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens.  ISO 200 F11 1/200.  Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Flash, with Vellum Diffuser.

 

And lastly another Nomanda Bee taken at Garston Woods, like the others on the wild garlic.

Nomanda Bee on Ramson. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm lens.  ISO 200 F11 1/200.  Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Flash, with Vellum Diffuser.

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