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Honey bee

Posted by
Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 21 August 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Another attempt at macro photography, honey bee found on a thistle near Newton Garth Farm, South Shields.

Pentax K100D, 450mm lens (macro), 1/500 second, f6.7, iso 200

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mseguid from Spain

Fantastic capture. I like it.
dark backgroud is really effective

21 Aug 2009 5:35am

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

An impressive macro

21 Aug 2009 5:55am

Christel from Köln, Germany

Good morning...............
a very beautiful macro recording and colours. Dear greetings Christel

21 Aug 2009 7:43am

ManuelaR from Hainburg (Frankfurt/Main), Germany

This is stunning beautiful Curly :)

21 Aug 2009 9:11am

Sarah from Suisse, Switzerland

Fantastic shot!

21 Aug 2009 11:28am

Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States

Awesome

21 Aug 2009 11:45am

Blackdog from London, United Kingdom

lovely colours ;o)

21 Aug 2009 3:55pm

Lambspun from Madison, Maine, United States

Nice attempt! This is wonderful! Incredible little furry creature!

21 Aug 2009 7:06pm

LauraS from Chico, United States

Ah, tasty shot. Very very nice.

21 Aug 2009 9:32pm

Claudia from Illinois, United States

This is just stunning! Is that the color in his wings or the reflection from the purple flower? Lovely!!

22 Aug 2009 11:23pm

Shireesh Annam from Chicago, United States

Great shot!

23 Aug 2009 11:15pm

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

Excellent macro with wonderful colour and detail

25 Aug 2009 6:13pm

Joanne from United States

A fantastic shot of this furry little creature. Can almost touch him. Great capture and focus!

28 Aug 2009 12:26pm

Leon from Haarlem, Netherlands

Nice composition!

24 Sep 2009 6:42am

Francesc B. from région parisienne, France

An excellent macro, I agree... it's not a bee, but a bumblebee... The bee is less hairy... here
For me, maybe too much background to the left(2cm) and at the top (3cm)

13 Nov 2009 8:47pm