bee on flowers
We get a good number of bees visiting our flowers and succulents. This is one of them.
We get a good number of bees visiting our flowers and succulents. This is one of them.
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Location
In our backyard in West Covina, CA. We have some succulent plants that the bees love. It is one of my favorite "bee pictures."ITime
It was taken at about 10:30 in the morning, in early June and in bright sunlight. The air was warm and the bees were active. This is the best of several shots I took of this bee.Lighting
It was bright sun, no shadows.Equipment
I used a Nikon D5200 with a Tamron 18-270 lens. Hand held, no flash, no reflectors.Inspiration
I enjoy watching the bees. They are so active, and it can be a challenge to get a head on, reasonably sharp picture. I usually end up taking a lot of shots to get one like this.Editing
I use Photoshop Elements 12 for most of my post processing. In this case the image was cropped to bring up the bee's size, slight adjustment to color and then some weak vignetting.In my camera bag
I recently bought a Nikon D600 camera body, so that's the camera of choice right now. It's a full frame camera, and many of my newer lenses are meant of crop frame cameras. The lenses I'm using with this camera body are a Sigma 70-300mm, a Nikon 35-85mm, and a 35mm lens. Other equipment include an external flash, lens tissues, spare batteries and SD cards, and a remote shutter release.Feedback
If it's bees you want to photograph, then look for places they are likely to hang out--flowers and flowering plants. Use burst mode, if your camera has that feature. Use a fast shutter speed, and a low depth of field to blur the background. I usually hand hold such shots.
