Of wagtails and bees

firstlight (Tony) · #1 26-10-2008, 12:28 AM

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 (Humayun) · #2 26-10-2008, 12:39 AM

Tony,

The links don't work.

Regards,
Humayun

firstlight (Tony) · #3 26-10-2008, 12:46 AM

Try now

danielsun · #4 26-10-2008, 12:54 AM

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

Cheers Daniel.

firstlight (Tony) · #5 26-10-2008, 12:59 AM

Thanks, Daniel.

h0ughy (David) · #6 26-10-2008, 01:05 AM

been very buzzy!!! nice work

danielsun · #7 26-10-2008, 01:15 AM

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been very buzzy!!! nice work

I Didn't Know you were from NZ Houghy.

Striker (Tony) · #8 26-10-2008, 08:36 AM

Nice shots Tony.

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

firstlight (Tony) · #9 27-10-2008, 10:17 AM

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 (Stephen) · #10 27-10-2008, 01:07 PM

Nice shots Tony!

Cheers,
Stephen

firstlight (Tony) · #11 27-10-2008, 01:48 PM

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 (Humayun) · #12 27-10-2008, 07:30 PM

Tony,

Lovely!

Regards,
Humayun

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Try now

firstlight (Tony) · #13 27-10-2008, 08:56 PM

Thank-you Humayun, high praise indeed.