Honeybee Close-up
After joining Steemit some months ago, my passion for photography and in particular macrophotography awakened. Browsing old images I found macro images I completely forgot about. Nowadays I find myself looking at the world differently, more focused on details, more aware of what a different perspective can do.
During my daily walks I always bring along my Canon Ixus 950 IS. It is a compact camera with excellent macrophotography abilities. I have had this camera for a while but never used its abilities to the fullest.
Most of my images have insects in them. Insects are fascinating creatures. One problem though, they scare the h*** out of me. To get as close as possible and yet to keep as much distance as possible I shoot most images by keeping the camera at arm's length and just pointing and hoping for the best.
It took some trial and error to get decent pictures with that approach, but it is definitely something you can learn.
Today I would like to share two images I took during one of my walks three weeks ago. These images have not been shared anywhere else. This honeybee was too busy to notice me. Lucky me!
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A couple of nice shots there. I find it hard to get shots of bees as they are normally so "busy". The hardest thing is to get the eyes as the focal point for the image. Looking forward to seeing what else you can come up with.
Thank you. I love your project and hope I can keep up to your standards.
Yes bees are very busy animals, just when you think you have a clear shot, they decide to jump to another flower. No cooperation at all from those guys. These movements always make me step back for a moment before repositioning. Very happy with the strap, that came with my camera, too. I would surely have damaged my camera while backing away.
nice honeybee and I love the saturated color and the DOF here in the photo's.
Thank you very much. These images haven't been post processed, apart from adding my name. They turned out so well, I am very happy with those images. Repeating this will be a challenge :)
That always is the challenge, to repeat it or make an even better one!
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