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Metallic Green Bee 2

Metallic Green Bee 2

A handheld shot of a metallic green bee with its head buried in a small flower to feed on nectar.

A handheld shot of a metallic green bee with its head buried in a small flower to feed on nectar.
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camera

NIKON D7100

settings

settings

Aperture f/3.2 ISO 100 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 400/10

upload_date

upload_date

Mar, 2016

Views

2038

Likes

+275

Awards

Winner in Bees Photo Challenge

Fall Award 2020

Peer Award

+75

Absolute Masterpiece

+41

Superb Composition

+23

Top Choice

+22

Magnificent Capture

+21

Superior Skill

+8

All Star

Outstanding Creativity

Virtuoso

Genius

Emotions

Impressed

+5

Happy

Top Ranks

Top 30 rank

Top 30 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

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Amazing capture! Look at the colours!..:-)

Wow the bee color is really unbelievable. I love it shining green!

what a stunning close-up ( WoW) details etc

Love the detail in this great work,

Platinum

Wow, well done, I've never seen such a stunning Bee in those colours, but we don't get them in the UK , I love it. Yvonne

Stunning photo

Outstanding

Congratulations on your Fall Award 2020!

Platinum

Awesome, brilliant execution

Platinum

Incredible! I can’t even believe the clarity of this photograph. It definitely deserves an award for color, clarity and so much more.

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#bee #feeding #flowers #insect

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