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by Jacko

Comment by KaDi:
Wow! Perfect depth of field/ focus! Lovely color and cropping! Viewpoint enhances the subject by emphasizing just how far up (or down) the head of a dandelion is from a beetle's point of view. Extremely nice!

Upside Down
by Jacko

Comment by SquirreI:
Good, but a closer crop of the insect (if possible) would have left a smaller, more pleasing amount of the picture out of focus.

Bee
by Jacko

Comment by frumoaznicul:
I like this, I personally don't care much that it is a verry clean insect macro with verry good details, but the color composition here is just perfect.

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by Jacko

Comment by doctornick:
Beautiful. 10

Bee
by Jacko

Comment by Jacko:
Hey guys. Wow! Didn't expect to ribbon with this one. That's why I didn't bother putting any comments; didn't think anyone would care.

I used my Sigma 105mm Macro with a 50mm Olympus reversed in front of it ... which gives me a field of view of 2/5 inches. I still had to crop the pic in potrait orientation (from landscape orientation). Not your average bee. I should take a picture of it in my hand to show how small it really is.

Yup it was dead. :) I used my 550EX and 420EX flashes off camera (fired by a ST-E2 wireless transmitter) to light the bee. The background is actually created by the flower the bee was resting on.

Bee
by Jacko

Comment by dsidwell:
You and insects, Jacko! Very exciting shot!

Bee
by Jacko

Comment by mirdonamy:
What lenses were used for this bee photo? I see an N/A in the photographer's comments section, but I'd love to know if the bee is alive or not, and what macro lenses or filters were used in this particular photo. That would be great. I love this photo!

Bee
by Jacko

Comment by slingshot:
Gee couldn't you get him to lift his right antenna up slightly so it would be perfectly symetrical!!! lol What a great shot.

Bee you tee ful...

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by Jacko

Comment by DefyTime:
fantastic shot

Bee
by Jacko

Comment by phpkid:
Hm.. I am wondering if you should tour around US to teach us how to take best Macro shots.

You simply rock!

JD