Post your Bee shots if you have some: I got this guy...Male Carpenter Bee....shortly after I got my 85mm macro lens last March. I know these guys are anxiously awaiting spring here in...

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

I got this guy...Male Carpenter Bee....shortly after I got my 85mm macro lens last March. I know these guys are anxiously awaiting spring here in the Midwest like the rest of us...lol. Post some if you have a few.

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Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Those are very interesting shots Bret, thanks for posting. Those big bees are like flying tanks. :D

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

Awsome!!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Bret: here is one, not that mine is anywhere in same hemisphere as quality of yours...but at least it was enjoyable going through all the pretty flowers of my garden shots!

SENSORLOUPE

Bret wrote:

I got this guy...Male Carpenter Bee....shortly after I got my 85mm macro lens last March. I know these guys are anxiously awaiting spring here in the Midwest like the rest of us...lol. Post some if you have a few.

very cool and sharp

here is one I caught inside a building at the
county fair

I Bee on a sunflower

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Bees in flight, those are really excellent and very difficult to capture... good stuff.

As far as posting bees.... I will restrain myself and only post a couple from last summer... For those who aren't familiar with my posts I have 100's of bee shots.

macro2009 Loc: Cheshire United Kingdom

Bret wrote:

I got this guy...Male Carpenter Bee....shortly after I got my 85mm macro lens last March. I know these guys are anxiously awaiting spring here in the Midwest like the rest of us...lol. Post some if you have a few.

Super images it is an whole new art form catching them in flight.

Bee

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Some very nice shots posted...indeed. Here's a couple more with different lens I tried.

60mm 2.8D

180mm 2.8D

Robbie7 Loc: Northampton. England

SENSORLOUPE wrote:

Bret wrote:

I got this guy...Male Carpenter Bee....shortly after I got my 85mm macro lens last March. I know these guys are anxiously awaiting spring here in the Midwest like the rest of us...lol. Post some if you have a few.

very cool and sharp

here is one I caught inside a building at the
county fair

Okay Bret, you've asked for it :-) Here is a couple of mine a before and after cropping ps: thank heavens this is the close up section, it should limit Geff endless superb Macros of bees.. :-)

Bee for

Bee after

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Now THAT is one nice bee shot Robbie...well done and sharp as a tack.

Robbie7 Loc: Northampton. England

Bret wrote:

Now THAT is one nice bee shot Robbie...well done and sharp as a tack.

Thanks Bret :thumbup: If this hasn't got Geff twitching, I now fear a deluge of his 100s of excellent bee shots..lol

I like your shots as they offer the considerable challenge of taking them in flight. which is a totally different ball game.

Inspired yet again by your post, I will submit my Dragonfly in flight shot taken last Summer when I spent hours trying to catch them on the move..I've alway thought its one thing taking creatures sitting down, but quite another taking them whilst moving.. :thumbup:

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Oh I have a few hours trying to get the Dragonfly in-flight...maybe this year some better luck.

JENNIFER Loc: CT.

Bret wrote:

I got this guy...Male Carpenter Bee....shortly after I got my 85mm macro lens last March. I know these guys are anxiously awaiting spring here in the Midwest like the rest of us...lol. Post some if you have a few.

You just gave new meaning to BIF. .. Nicely done. :D

JENNIFER Loc: CT.

Here's one.

Robbie7 Loc: Northampton. England

JENNIFER wrote:

Bret wrote:

I got this guy...Male Carpenter Bee....shortly after I got my 85mm macro lens last March. I know these guys are anxiously awaiting spring here in the Midwest like the rest of us...lol. Post some if you have a few.

You just gave new meaning to BIF. .. Nicely done. :D

:-D :thumbup: