Native Bee

[jjjnettie]

Lunch for a native bee (at least I think it's a native bee)
Testing out the Tamron 90mm f2.8 around the garden.
Auto settings, manual focus.
iso400, 400th sec, f5.6

[Liz]

Bit hard to see him, but presume he's the black creature at bottom of pic amidst that pretty purple flower? Watch out getting close to those bitey insects :eyepop: Look forward to seeing more :thumbsup:

[Dennis]

Nice shot Jeanette. These are quite tiny insects, only 3-5mm in size I think? I can make out the eye, antennae and the pollen sacs on its back legs.

Cheers

Dennis

[Kevnool]

Looks like the bee is about to get eaten by the purple people eater.
Great shot jjj.
Cheers Kev.

[adman]

Nice shot - have you tried closing the aperture a little to get some more depth of field?

The other factors look like you still have a little to play with as long as there is not too much movement from wind etc . You could close the aperture a couple of stops which would take the shutter speed down to 1/100s or you could go a couple more stops and take the ISO up. Would be nice to see a little more depth...

Mostly though, I am just jealous that I don't have the time (not to mention the lens) to go photographing the tiny things in my garden...

Cheers
Adam

[Vanda]

Gets a bit lost - the bee if thats what it is. I have heard there is a new Tammy 90 coming out in Sept.
Best wishes.

[jjjnettie]

Thanks for looking.:)
I'm still learning to use the lens. Hope to have something a bit more worthy next time.