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Aug 18, 2012 09:15:53   #
ggiaphotos Loc: Iowa
 
glojo wrote:
tayco wrote:
It is a facinating thing to watch all the bees come back and forth carrying the pollen, and i see all the sharp pictures that everyone posts here. I am having trouble capturing the "flight of the honey bee" . Can you tell exactly where my focus is set in theese? Any help is appreciated in advance, always learning!
P.S. Pardon the weeds it is almost the only thing growing !


Hi Tayco,
You are specifically asking about taking pictures of bees in flight so here is my two penarth...

First off..

1. Get away from that bee hive..

Why on earth are you so close to it? It certainly will never add to the back drop, even if it is out of focus

2. Get closer, get MUCH closer, then get closer again :)

The closer you get the better but get away from the hive.

Do not worry about flash upsetting individual bees and note my wording.. I have used flash to take close up pictures of a wasp nest and not got stung, but have NEVER been near a bee hive so have NO knowledge of how a lot of bees would react

Shutter speeds
You pays your money and take your choices, 1/4000th or this hand held shot is at 1/60th of a second.

I am someone that is more of a snapper than a photographer and this image was shot with me laying on the ground supporting myself and the camera with one arm whilst working the controls with the other.. I can only see a tripod as being a hindrance for this type of shot but if you are happy using a tripod, then 'what ever works for you'

I love capturing bees in flight but to me I like the backdrop of a flower

Apologies for posting an image on your thread but you are being given lots of advice and I thought I would use a picture to support my words.. Capturing a bee on a flower is one thing, getting a shot of them in flight, in focus, is for me a whole new ball game and I wish you all the luck but you need to get closer and I don't know about using a long lens, I certainly do not see the harm in using one, but this image is taken with a 105mm lens.

Hand held
1/60th second
quote=tayco It is a facinating thing to watch all... (show quote)


WOW!

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Aug 18, 2012 09:19:51   #
ggiaphotos Loc: Iowa
 
Bret wrote:
Hand held at 1/400....and yes get in close...sit still...once the bees learn your not going to harm them...they will get right up close...and maybe practice panning with your subject.


Excellent shot Bret :thumbup:

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Aug 18, 2012 09:43:59   #
glojo Loc: South Devon, England
 
tayco wrote:
glojo I love the first picture!! wonderful capture!


Thanks Tayco and it does highlight the amount of pollen these busy creatures pick up. :thumbup:

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Aug 19, 2012 10:30:04   #
scheinin Loc: Fallston, Maryland
 
How did you get the specs of Tayco's bee pictures?

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Aug 19, 2012 11:43:04   #
Erv Loc: Medina Ohio
 
If they put down load the original and the metadata is inbeded with the picture, you can put it in your program that you edit with and read it.
Erv

scheinin wrote:
How did you get the specs of Tayco's bee pictures?

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Aug 19, 2012 12:45:15   #
ftpecktim Loc: MONTANA
 
Nice shot Bret

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Aug 19, 2012 12:45:16   #
ftpecktim Loc: MONTANA
 
:thumbup:

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Aug 22, 2012 10:11:20   #
wrobart
 
Tayco,

Beautiful picture! But, how does one capture a bee in flight and have the wings motionless at 1/60th of a second?

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Aug 22, 2012 21:22:35   #
tayco Loc: Wisconsin
 
wrobart wrote:
Tayco,

Beautiful picture! But, how does one capture a bee in flight and have the wings motionless at 1/60th of a second?


You dont. you switch lenses and learn to take a better picture:) See attatched, my second attempt.







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Aug 22, 2012 22:06:49   #
Singing Swan
 
Awesome!!!! Much improvement!!! Gives me hope I can get better too!!! Show some more!! I especially like the first one. Maybe you should search out some of the posts that give settings for stopping hummingbird wings in flight. I think I read one that suggested you go all the way to 1/4000 to get the action stopped...not sure, but worth looking into. Keep on practising. You are certainly on the right track!!!

In the second one...is the bee perched on something like a doormat?? What is that??

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Aug 23, 2012 07:49:19   #
tayco Loc: Wisconsin
 
Singing Swan wrote:
Awesome!!!! Much improvement!!! Gives me hope I can get better too!!! Show some more!! I especially like the first one. Maybe you should search out some of the posts that give settings for stopping hummingbird wings in flight. I think I read one that suggested you go all the way to 1/4000 to get the action stopped...not sure, but worth looking into. Keep on practising. You are certainly on the right track!!!

In the second one...is the bee perched on something like a doormat?? What is that??
Awesome!!!! Much improvement!!! Gives me hope I ca... (show quote)


Thank you for looking. The second pic is a hurt bee, i think one of his wings is broke, and it is on my husbands glove. We put him back by the hive and it fell again, and a yellow jacket got it :( so sad ! poor thing.

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Aug 23, 2012 11:25:59   #
glojo Loc: South Devon, England
 
Singing Swan wrote:
Awesome!!!! Much improvement!!! Gives me hope I can get better too!!! Show some more!! I especially like the first one. Maybe you should search out some of the posts that give settings for stopping hummingbird wings in flight. I think I read one that suggested you go all the way to 1/4000 to get the action stopped...not sure, but worth looking into. Keep on practising. You are certainly on the right track!!!

In the second one...is the bee perched on something like a doormat?? What is that??
Awesome!!!! Much improvement!!! Gives me hope I ca... (show quote)


I would not worry too much about that until we get proficient at getting close to these bees. Tayco has done exceeding well and got that distance perfect for the shot she wanted.

I am still looking at these pictures as they appear to be exactly what was wanted and to me that is what photography is all about.

If we start using shutter speeds of 1/4000th of a second we are really going to test our photographic skills at getting a balance between available light, depth of field and ISO.

The most AMAZING images of frozen humming bird wings that I have seen were shot with a shutter speed that I am guesstimating to be approximately 1/250th of a second. My frozen wing shot of that flying bumble bee was 1/60th of a second. It is how it should be and each to their own regarding what we want but if you go for these fast shutter speeds just be aware of exposure settings as noise might become your biggest enemy.

At least you folks from across the pond have something I believe is called the 'sun' and that bright object will help when it comes to faster shutter settings??

Tayco
Couldn't you have put a plaster cast on that poor bee's wing and perhaps give it bed rest until the wing had mended? :thumbup: ;)

Instead it ended up as wasp dessert :(

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Aug 23, 2012 11:36:01   #
Clicker2014 Loc: Canada
 
Tyaco
MANY APOLOGIES hogging your thread but this is the type of image I was thinking you are after?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Honeybee02.jpg

Taken with a 300mm lens :)[/quote]

Great shots!
Was the 2nd one with a 300MM lens? I'm jealous!



:thumbup:

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Aug 23, 2012 23:09:05   #
tayco Loc: Wisconsin
 
Clicker2014 wrote:
Tyaco
MANY APOLOGIES hogging your thread but this is the type of image I was thinking you are after?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Honeybee02.jpg

Taken with a 300mm lens :)


Great shots!
Was the 2nd one with a 300MM lens? I'm jealous!



:thumbup:[/quote]

Thanks for the encouragement Clicker 2014 ! No i took the second set with a Nikon D60 my focal length was 105mm. I am still working on the shot like the link you sent, I WILL get there! It helps to have the hive so near :)

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