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Albert Darmali.

Great shot!

hi, your pic makes me smile because i think i got about 20 versions of it right here at home : i got a small garden with plenty of bellflowers ! And i spent some long hours last summers shooting those darned bees buttocks :-). Just a suggestion : use the burst mode (le mode rafale, don't know if i translate correctly) of your cam if it has got one, or try to delay the shutter release just a bit, you will be able to catch the bug when it takes off. Not very easy, but more original :-) ! As it is, your pic is fairly nice though, i rate it 5/4... regards. Jay.

Thanks for the input Jay.

Yes, I think I really should make use of my burst shot feature. As a matter of fact, I think I havent really make use of the feature yet. I was too busy trying to capture this busy bee, couldnt think properly... hehe..

 

Also agree that shooting bees sometime requires lots of patience too. It was actually a very hot day at the park and I had to handheld the shot, so havent really got that much patience to experiment with other shots.

I actually went to the same spot again today, but there was no single bee. Too bad...

Albert.

 

:-) Yes, bugs hunting can be very frustrating, i experienced the same last september in a park near Paris : Found some rare kind of big black bee, i tried to shoot it and it kept moving, and in the end even my small, light G3 started to look like a milestone in my arms ! Well, i just checked, and i do have one or two pics looking like twin brothers of yours, except that the bee is flying. They are a bit dark, i'll try to touch them up and maybe i'll post one soon here. Regards !