Working Bee's and other creatures in my yard...

[xrekcor]

I took these photo's a few months back. Not taken much interest
in this forum I didn't know you could post photo's here. Anyways
these are a series of pictures I took of Bee's going about their work
for those who are interested in insect shots. I like trying to photograph
the small world around us. and look at the bigger scheme of things through
the scope at night.

The first image I used a flash, wonder what the Bee thought of that.

Edit: I decided to edit the title, what creatures do you see in your yard or surrounding area

regards,CS

[h0ughy]

they are great Rob, I like the 4th one

[Mick]

They are all very nice Rob, I like the last photo best. :)

[davidpretorius]

4 & 5.

these are really cool!

[Jonathan]

Good work Rob, I like all of them. I took a few insect shots about a month ago but they're not as good as yours! :)

[xrekcor]

Jonathan,

They're great what are ya talking about. The bee shots weren't that easy I must of shot a couple of hundred off to get those... Thank God for digital camera's

[xrekcor]

Here's a few more creatures from my backyard.

regards,CS

[beren]

:) Top shots Rob , i like the first one the best, looks like the bee had reached its pollen quota too. nice pics to there Jonathon :)

[TidaLpHasE]

:)Great pics, i like the last one of the bees, and the frogs are awsome.

I took this shot a few months ago, lucky i knew to check for spiders first.

[avandonk]

Here is a cheap way to get a macro on any lens.Just get hold of an old achromat from a pair (why say this when there is only one?) of binoculars and glue to a suitable filter ring or step up/down ring.

Couple of pics
Bert

[seeker372011]

top pictures everyone.

Now just waiting for someone to top the redback picture with a funnelweb :)

[xrekcor]

That's a wicked fly shot Bert! well done!!

regards,CS

[xrekcor]

Thanks Dewd! :)

Sorry dont have a Funnel Web yet, But Here's a moon spider :ashamed:
and a grasshopper thrown in :)

regards,CS

[avandonk]

Yes I put this image up on Overclockers Australia (Photography)and somehow they managed to compress it to 65k from 400k without losing too much detail.I have never been in the business of making images worse!Maybe I should learn.

Anyway the take home message is that macro is within easy reach with some basic knowledge in optics.

Bert

[acropolite]

Nice shot Bert, I didn't realise how well engineered a fly was; looks italian or german; couldn't be an American design otherwise bits would fall off every time it took off. BTW has that fly replied to h0ughy's beard thread...:P

[avandonk]

Don't be surprised you are related! As we all are! That is the end product of 300 million years of evolution.We in our current form have been around for about five million years!Modern form maybe three million years!

Bert

[avandonk]

You are very correct!

Did you notice the two bulbous projections above the wings?They suppress harmonic resonances due to the high frequencies of the flight wings.Have a look at a modern helicopter.They use the same technique! It is also part of their incredible flight control system.

Bert

He has a beard!

[toetoe]

Great pics from all of you :thumbsup: all though the spider shots sorta freak me out a bit :scared: a bad phobia of mine... :scared2:

[iceman]

Incredible shot Bert! Great closeup. Great bee's too Rob.

My only insect shot so far is this one:

[Jonathan]

Thanks Rob. It was the first time I'd tried to capture anything that small and was only able to focus up to about 0.4 of a metre with a 50mm lens so I couldn't get the detail I was initially hoping for so I only took 3 photo's that day. I should've taken more but I'm happy with what I got anyway. I like your frog photo! I used to have a couple of frogs that looked just like them. :thumbsup: