Intense close-ups of bees 2
Feb 12, 2021 05:50:12 #
The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees.
Denver Botanic Gardens by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Honeybees pollinate 80 percent of the United States’ insect crops -- over $20 billion worth of crops each year.
Chicago Bee
Images in this post all were captured in RAW using an EOS 5DIII. The files were processed in Adobe Lightroom 6 with additional noise processing in Topaz DeNoise 6. Except for the first image from the Denver Botanic Gardens, all images feature the EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM. Use the URL links that are the titles of each image for access to the EXIF details.
Chicago bee and flower
Honey will not rot or ferment when stored under normal conditions, but it will crystallize over time. Although crystallized honey is acceptable for human use, bees can only use liquid honey and will remove and discard any crystallized honey from the hive.
Busy Bees
Honey is a biological mixture of inverted sugars, primarily glucose and fructose. It has antibacterial and anti-fungal properties.
Chicago Bee
These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
Denver Botanic Gardens by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Honeybees pollinate 80 percent of the United States’ insect crops -- over $20 billion worth of crops each year.
Chicago Bee
Images in this post all were captured in RAW using an EOS 5DIII. The files were processed in Adobe Lightroom 6 with additional noise processing in Topaz DeNoise 6. Except for the first image from the Denver Botanic Gardens, all images feature the EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM. Use the URL links that are the titles of each image for access to the EXIF details.
Chicago bee and flower
Honey will not rot or ferment when stored under normal conditions, but it will crystallize over time. Although crystallized honey is acceptable for human use, bees can only use liquid honey and will remove and discard any crystallized honey from the hive.
Busy Bees
Honey is a biological mixture of inverted sugars, primarily glucose and fructose. It has antibacterial and anti-fungal properties.
Chicago Bee
These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
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Feb 12, 2021 07:04:46 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees. ... (show quote)
Nice set - vivid colors of the flowers and details captured by that 180mm macro on the bees with the pollen on them. Thanks
Feb 12, 2021 07:53:25 #
Thank you tcthome, Vaun, Gary, Charles, venkatesh_eng! It took me a few years to warm to the 180L. I found a bunch of bee images that had even been posted to Flickr. Glad you enjoyed.
Feb 12, 2021 07:54:52 #
Well-rendered close-up captures of the bees. Beautiful lighting and compositions. Thanks for sharing. Please stay safe.
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Feb 12, 2021 19:25:31 #
Thank you Ourspolair, Jan, Ken! This past year of no travel had me looking at regular subjects and finding images in the archives that weren't even processed. Glad you enjoyed.
Feb 13, 2021 06:36:49 #
Paul, terrific series and good information! Thanks for sharing your excellent images.😄
Feb 13, 2021 07:00:51 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees. ... (show quote)
Outstanding Paul... up close and personal. They could not have been any sharper - Very impressive!
-Jim
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