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Bee pollinating late summer

Bee pollinating late summer
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7 Comments |
AliAlzuhair
 
AliAlzuhair January 20, 2016
Amazing!
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almartinez January 06, 2017
Thank you!
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 January 24, 2016
Amazing macro...Congrats!
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almartinez January 06, 2017
Thank you!
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jimoconnor January 27, 2016
Great capture
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almartinez January 06, 2017
Thank you!
bkmorin
 
bkmorin July 31, 2016
Beautiful detail.
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almartinez January 06, 2017
Thank you!
catherinethompson PRO+
 
catherinethompson November 01, 2016
Brilliant. Fabulous capture.
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almartinez January 06, 2017
Thank you!
FredBlundell
 
FredBlundell May 04, 2017
Superb artistry!
Bwolff
 
Bwolff July 07, 2018
This deserves more awards, nice job!
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Behind The Lens

Location

This image was take at the Rhode Island Botanical Gardens Aug of 2015. I was leaving and decided to check the outside area where I came across these flowers with all sorts of honey bee's, bumble bee's and wasp's around and landing on these flowers. So I decided to take some macros shots and was lucky enough to get this one handheld.

Time

August sunny afternoon

Lighting

Natural Lighting

Equipment

Canon 7d with a Canon 100 2.8 macro lens

Inspiration

I wanted to get a nice close up of the bee's that were flying around and landing on the flowers

Editing

I made my adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw, cropped in Photoshop, and used On1 for the final edit

In my camera bag

I carry 2 Canon 7d's, all Canon lens's from: 24-105, 17-40, 50 1.4, 100 2.8 macro, 70-200 2.8, 100-400, Extension tubes, 3 canon 600 flashes

Feedback

You need to have a little patience when trying to take macro shots especially shooting insects and take many

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