It was cold (by our standards!) with light rain today - then the clouds dispersed & the sun came out. I noticed some bees on the Aloes & decided to try the Macro. This is the pick of the bunch: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/52222229446/ K5 & FA 00/2.8 Macro Alan C

Nicely done > On Jul 17, 2022, at 8:24 AM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > > It was cold (by our standards!) with light rain today - then the clouds dispersed & the sun came out. I noticed some bees on the Aloes & decided to try the Macro. This is the pick of the bunch: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/52222229446/ > > K5 & FA 00/2.8 Macro > > Alan C > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com

Interesting image, and more impressive when blown up a bit. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 11:24 AM Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > It was cold (by our standards!) with light rain today - then the clouds > dispersed & the sun came out. I noticed some bees on the Aloes & decided > to try the Macro. This is the pick of the bunch: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/52222229446/ > > K5 & FA 00/2.8 Macro > > Alan C > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >

Alan, I like that pic a lot. The composition and colors work very well together. It’s also sharper than my attempts to shoot bees on flowers. Rick > On Jul 17, 2022, at 11:24 AM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > > It was cold (by our standards!) with light rain today - then the clouds dispersed & the sun came out. I noticed some bees on the Aloes & decided to try the Macro. This is the pick of the bunch: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/52222229446/ > > K5 & FA 00/2.8 Macro > > Alan C > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Thanks, Rick & Larry. The bee actually crawled right up inside the floret. The difficulty with getting sharp macros is DOF. I used f16 in this case. Perhaps I'll try again at f22 or even f32. Henk T uses stacks with stationary subjects like mushrooms but I haven't tried that yet. Alan C On 18-Jul-22 01:54 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > Alan, I like that pic a lot. The composition and colors work very well together. It’s also sharper than my attempts to shoot bees on flowers. > > Rick > >> On Jul 17, 2022, at 11:24 AM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: >> >> It was cold (by our standards!) with light rain today - then the clouds dispersed & the sun came out. I noticed some bees on the Aloes & decided to try the Macro. This is the pick of the bunch: >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/52222229446/ >> >> K5 & FA 00/2.8 Macro >> >> Alan C >>

Alan, I wouldn't go further than f16 as you get diffraction making the overall picture worse in sharpness. And your exposure time would become too long for such an insect in motion. Henk Op ma 18 jul. 2022 om 09:09 schreef Alan C <cole@lantic.net>: > Thanks, Rick & Larry. The bee actually crawled right up inside the > floret. The difficulty with getting sharp macros is DOF. I used f16 in > this case. Perhaps I'll try again at f22 or even f32. Henk T uses stacks > with stationary subjects like mushrooms but I haven't tried that yet. > > Alan C > > On 18-Jul-22 01:54 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Alan, I like that pic a lot. The composition and colors work very well > together. It’s also sharper than my attempts to shoot bees on flowers. > > > > Rick > > > >> On Jul 17, 2022, at 11:24 AM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > >> > >> It was cold (by our standards!) with light rain today - then the clouds > dispersed & the sun came out. I noticed some bees on the Aloes & decided to > try the Macro. This is the pick of the bunch: > >> > >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/52222229446/ > >> > >> K5 & FA 00/2.8 Macro > >> > >> Alan C > >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.