iMacro: The Insecticons
 

Bee Collecting Nectar
This is one of my first few try of macro photography. I just use a close-up filter for this shot on an 85mm f/1.8 lens and my camera mounted on a monopod.

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Really nice shot , great colours great composition and the focus is spot on .

That close up filter has really worked well on your 85mm lens , have you thought about trying extension tubes if you don't have a dedicated macro ?

Great image well done .

Mark

Hi Mark,

I will try that in the future. Thanks a lot!

Regards,
Jon

Blue Banded Bee
This specie of bee is very active during daytime that you cannot caught it staying on one place. And I don't have a photo of it during the day, yet.

When I was about to call it a day on one of my macro outing, I noticed a group of flying bugs hanging on a long root a plant. I thought they were flies as I used to see them but I was amazed when I saw these creatures finding their place on the single root. They flap their wings and wiggle their feet when someone tries to land on their place.
I saw this lone bee on the other side of a small branch of the same plant where the other bees are staying. They grasp the stem of the tree using their mouth.

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Smiling Dragon

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Neon Cuckoo Bee
"Neon cuckoo bees are stunningly beautiful, with glittering metallic blue spots. They are called cuckoo bees because they lay their eggs in the burrows of other bees. " -ProjectNoah

Details:
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 118 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: EF70-200mm f/4L USM + Raynox DCR-250
Tripod Mounted
Flash Fired

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Bowfly

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Hoverfly

Canon 40D
EF70-200mm f/4L USM + Raynox DCR-250
Exposure - 0.5
Aperture - f/16.0
Focal Length - 118 mm
ISO Speed - 100

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Stunning work truly beautiful

Mark

[QUOTE=markgozz;79651]Stunning work truly beautiful

Mark[/QUOTE]

Thanks Mark!