Hello,
Here is a collection of bees from our back garden, captured over the last few days. We have a very fragrant shrub that attracts the bees, as well as a variety of ants, flies and other exotic looking insects.
The Yellow Carpenter Bee and the Blue Banded Bees were quite difficult to capture as they moved very rapidly and didn’t seem to want to settle for more than a nano-second.
The first 3 shots were taken with the Canon EF-S 60mm F2.8. Then, unexpectedly, I received an early Xmas present of the Canon 100mm F2.8 with which the remainder (5) were captured – the increased working distance sure made life a lot easier.
Now that my focus and tracking techniques are improving, next, I’ll look at improving the flash/daylight compensation to produce a more pleasing balance.
Thanks for looking!
Dennis