emmafleetwood

Cuckoo bee

iPhone

South Australia, AU

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Mar, 2019

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Contest Finalist in Colorful Macro Photo Contest

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Baby Tawny Frogmouth sitting out on a limb next to it's nest the day before it fledged, in Adelaide, South Australia

The milky way over a house ruin, Flinders Ranges, outback South Australia. The milky way rising is often referred to as the emu rising, as it looks a

This thunderstorm hit Adelaide, South Australia shortly before midnight on 7th December 2016. I was lucky enough to capture it from Grange Beach next

The old jetty ruins at Port Willunga under the milky way

The path down to the beach beckons me with a colourful sunset.
Unfortunately this is as far as I got though, as my 2 children were beckoning me to fol

Behind The Lens

Location

This photo of a native chequered cuckoo bee was taken in a local garden in my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia in a patch of lavender

Time

It was taken on a warm summer morning

Lighting

It was overcast so the sunlight was soft and not too harsh, I also used a speedlight

Equipment

I shot this with a Nikon d750 and a sigma 105mm macro, handheld with a Nikon sb700 flash

Inspiration

I love the challenge of trying to find and photograph rare native bees

Editing

Not a lot of post processing, just a few basic adjustments (as I would like to enter it in nature competitions where rules only allow minimal processing)

In my camera bag

What I have in my bag depends on what I’m going to shoot I’ll pack a combination of some of the following -Nikon d750 -nisi filters -manfroto tripod -black rapid strap -Nikon 16-35mm f4 -tamron 70-200mm f2.8 -tamron 150-600mm -sigma 105mm macro -Samyang 14mm f2.8 -Samyang 24mm tilt-shift -Nikon 50mm f1.4 -sigma 35mm f1.4 art

Feedback

Finding these are the hardest part, then you need a keen eye and to move fast, as they move extremely fast.

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Cuckoo bee

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