Green Metallic Bee
Sep 9, 2019 16:00:10 #
This is a tiny green metallic bee that I found deep inside a Morning Glory on our fence this morning. If you look closely you can see grains of pollen on it which are quite interesting in their own rite.
The bee was so tiny that I had to dip the head of a mounting pin in super glue to adhere it so that I could arrange it for this focus stacking session.
This session was taken by placing the bee inside the ping-pong ball that has a small piece of black velvet in the back of it and illuminated with two heads of the fiber optic lights.
Thanks in advance to all those who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
The bee was so tiny that I had to dip the head of a mounting pin in super glue to adhere it so that I could arrange it for this focus stacking session.
This session was taken by placing the bee inside the ping-pong ball that has a small piece of black velvet in the back of it and illuminated with two heads of the fiber optic lights.
Thanks in advance to all those who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
Sep 9, 2019 16:42:32 #
Geezer Bill
Loc: San Diego County, CA
I enjoy all the images you post. They are consistently amazing to me. This one is extra special with the pollen that looks like fuzzy dots until you magnify the download to its maximum. I consider your images a beautiful form of art and appreciate that you share it with all of us. Thank you!!
Sep 9, 2019 16:51:02 #
really nice! you can see the spikes of the pollen,which would be awesome at 10x
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Sep 9, 2019 18:05:17 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a tiny green metallic bee that I found dee... (show quote)
I have looked at insects under magnification for many years.
Your's never cease to amaze me.
This is beyond any scope I have used.
The key is, of course, stacking.
Now the bee. I believe it is a sweat bee.
Family Halictidae. Augochlora pura. They are about 1/4" long.
Pollen used to stock brood tunnels.
Bill
Sep 9, 2019 18:15:15 #
Thanks Bill, I can always rely on you and other regulars for an identification. I was a lifeguard when I was a lad and sitting in the heat all day brought out a lot of perspiration. I'd swat the sweat bees when they would land on me with a brush-away motion at times. When I did they would sting me several times as my hand rolled them across arm or leg. Not a wicked sting but it would surely get my attention.
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Sep 10, 2019 09:18:56 #
Thanks Mark, I've seen some of our focus stacked work and it is quite amazing. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to take stacked images of a live subject.
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