Of wagtails and bees

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Anne-Louise found a Wagtail nest the other day, so I had a wander around the corner to see what I could see.

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Since I had the camera, I tried to snap some shots of the bees over the Mermaid rose. Not in the same class of the other macro shooters here, but these are about the best I got. Full shot, crop, and DFDB (different flower, different bee... cropped about 25%)

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Hope you enjoy.

Tony

[Octane]

Tony,

The links don't work. :(

Regards,
Humayun

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Try now

[danielsun]

Excellent shots there Tony! Very close up and crisp!!:thumbsup:

Cheers Daniel.

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Thanks, Daniel.

[h0ughy]

been very buzzy!!! nice work

[danielsun]

I Didn't Know you were from NZ Houghy. :lol:

[Striker]

Nice shots Tony.

Nothing wrong with your standard of macros....great job.

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Thanks Tony and David. Took them with the Canon 400D, 77-300 zoom @75 mm with a screw-on macro lens I got with a Zenit camera years ago. Don't know what the 4+ stands for, but that was on the lens. Sharpened, cropped and resized with PS CS2.

[StephenM]

Nice shots Tony!

Cheers,
Stephen

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Thanks Stephen.

On a somewhat sad note. I appears that a crow attacked the nest a few hours after I took the images of the wagtail. I haven't looked into the nest for the eggs, but the wagtails are not sitting anymore... survival for the fittest I suppose.

[Octane]

Tony,

Lovely!

Regards,
Humayun

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Thank-you Humayun, high praise indeed.