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honey bee cleaning proboscis

honey bee cleaning proboscis

Honeybee on pear tree blossom cleaning proboscis with front two legs. Was a very early spring day and this was the first of the pear trees to blossom after a lo...
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Honeybee on pear tree blossom cleaning proboscis with front two legs. Was a very early spring day and this was the first of the pear trees to blossom after a long cold winter and the honeybees were very active.
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camera

NIKON D5200

settings

settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 10/4000 Focal Length 2000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Mar, 2017

Views

1978

Likes

+326

Awards

Winner in Beautiful Bees Photo Challenge

Winner in Life as we know it Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Bees Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Anything Macro Photo Challenge

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Peer Award

+122

Top Choice

+36

Absolute Masterpiece

+36

Superb Composition

+33

Magnificent Capture

+19

Outstanding Creativity

+4

Superior Skill

+2

All Star

+2

Genius

Virtuoso

Emotions

Impressed

Happy

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Fantastic macro

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Thank you, had never seen tip of a bees snout before.

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wow!

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thank you

An excellent macro!

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thank you, was a little lucky with the timing

Beautiful capture!

PRO+

Another great bee. Well done.

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thank you

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Thank you for submitting your lovely photo to the Macro Challenge! Best of luck!

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Fabulous shot :)

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thank you

Lovely macro!

Amazing capture

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Thank you

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Congratulations on your award as the People's Choice in the Macro Challenge! Your photo was in my final group of Favorites!

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Congratulations on your Challenge Award!

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thank you

Ultimate

Great macro shot. Congratulations!

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Such a cool capture. Congrats on the win!

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Congratulations on your challenge win! That's a great capture!

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thank you kindly

Beautiful macro with amazing details!!

Superb shot

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Beautiful macro! Love the detail and description!!

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