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Bees in a Wallflower Series 1-2

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Banded Eye Drone Series 1-3

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Resting Cuckoo Bee I

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Bumblebee in Basil VIII

Dragonfly Portrait I

Sleep Walking

Mantis Maintenance

Feeding Fly

Preflight Maintenance II

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Finger Fed Bumblebee II

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Wool Carder Bee Series 1-1

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Wool Carder Bee Series 1-5

Tree House II

El Toro

Collecting Pollen

New Apartment II

Eye of the Dragon

Pollinators Series 3-3

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The Exchange

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Feeding Solitary Bee Series 1-5

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Selfie

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Fly at 4x and F16

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Honeybee Covered in Zucchini Pollen II

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21 Spot Ladybug

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Feeding Bumblebee I

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Snoozing European Wool Carder Bee IV

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Feeding Sawfly II

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European Wool Carder Bee

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Feeding Soldier Beetle in Poppy III

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European Wool Carder Bee

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Leaf Cutter Bee III

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Pre-Flight Maintenance

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Snoozing European Wool Carder Bee III

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13 hours ago

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Feeding Bumblebee I

#bee #macro #bumblebee #insect #insectphotography #lavender #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography

When I got back into macro this year I decided to go after active subjects, and to push myself. So I'm really happy with this shot of a feeding bumblebee.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the Lavender stem with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady. I injected Agave nectar into the Lavender flower to give the critter a reason to let me get close.

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5 days ago

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Leaf Cutter Bee IV

#bee #leaf_cutter #insect #insectphotography #lavender #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography

This male Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile sp) was only in my Lavender for a few days, so I tried to get a lot of different compositions.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the fill for this shot), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the Lavender stem with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady.

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6 days ago

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Caterpillar Feeding on Mint II

#mint #caterpillar #insect #insectphotography #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography

Caterpillars feed by extending their heads and then curling up as they chew. So the trick was to focus right at the edge of the leaf and wait for the critter to bring it's head up to start the next "row". I got seven frames before it figured out I was close and stopped feeding.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the stem of the plant with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady.

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Jul 15, 2019

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Snoozing European Wool Carder Bee IV

#bee #insect #insectphotography #lavender #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #wool_carder

The way that these European Wool Carder Bees sleep in my Lavender is almost comical.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the stem of the Lavender with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady.

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Jul 13, 2019

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Feeding Sawfly II

#sawfly #fly #insect #insectphotography #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #pollen

Sometimes when I'm shooting a lethargic subject it will wake up and start going about it's normal routine. That's what happened while photographing this Saw Fly. The tricky part is tracking a moving subject when the frame at 4x is only 5.7mm wide by 3.7mm high.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 4x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, +1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.

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