Bee's

Swarming bees

 Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 200mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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Walking with Hermione through one of the state Parks around Bebdigo, I noticed a lot of bees. They were all heading in the on direction. Soon we found their hidy hole.

 Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 105mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 70mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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 Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 70mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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  Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 86mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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Macro Photography

Today while enjoying one of the beautiful sunny days that Sydney has to offer at present I noticed bee's around some flowers in the front yard. So using a Tupperware container I trapped one of the little buggers and put it in the freezer. Why? Well this is a little trick used by Macro photographers to slow the subject down, a few minutes in there and they slow right down. Don't leave them too long or they will die. I got quite a few shots off before the bee started to crawl around and eventually flying off. This one Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G , D300 on a tripod at f16, ISO 200, 2 seconds. I did this once before with a small skink, and lizards being cold blooded made this a very effective method of getting some close up photographs.