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    Dont know the colour of the tail in the Bee 1 pic.Here are 3 more taken same place same time.Will that help Chocky
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    It's a red tailed Bumble bee. Very pretty
    Excellent captures. I might add.
    Well done

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    Very nice. .. and you got one in flight as well - I've been trying for ages! The only one I have in flight is too fuzzy to be able to spot where it is!!!

    What was that you were saying about not being good at taking photos of creatures?

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    I have a very Heath Robinson setup for taking close ups and I am very hit and miss at it,however, the Bee pics were easy, there were hundreds of them on the tree and I had my head stuck in amongst them (the rest of as well for that matter). So if I missed one, another ploncked itself in front of me (I think they were a load of posers really) If you would like to see 2gb of close ups that didnt come out mmmm

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    Sounds like my volume of 'outakes' But remember this - real photographers take hundreds even when they are directing models.. so we're just being very professional!

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    Brilliant response hee hee

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    Yep they really are good captures
    Here is a real close up go to the second section or page two and have a look at this one
    Red - Tailed Bumble bee by Chocky. Here is the link http://www.thamesvalleybirds.co.uk/showthread.php?t=434

    This one just missed me as it flew over my head
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    Flipping hec digidark, I have never seen Bees this colour before........I must get out more.................not been dipping them in food colouring have you

    Lovely pics, well done. Have you taken these with a macro lens?

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    Flippin ech, theres a good old Lancashire saying, reminds me of home.

    No food colouring Babs just used Lightroom (maybe too much saturation, Im not sure)

    Dont have a macro lens,I use an old
    35mm to 70mm lens, extention tubes and a centon ring flash circa 1992 with a piece of white plastic pretruding from the front to fool the auto sensor into thinking it firing at 3feet (Its auto distance)when its really firing at 3cm.


    I dont try to focus with the ring on the lens but preset it then rock back and forth to obtail focus. To anyone passing at that stage would assume I had devoured 3 bottles of Glenfiddick

    Well you did ask
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    Quote Originally Posted by digidark View Post
    Flippin ech, theres a good old Lancashire saying, reminds me of home.

    No food colouring Babs just used Lightroom (maybe too much saturation, Im not sure)

    Dont have a macro lens,I use an old
    35mm to 70mm lens, extention tubes and a centon ring flash circa 1992 with a piece of white plastic pretruding from the front to fool the auto sensor into thinking it firing at 3feet (Its auto distance)when its really firing at 3cm.


    I dont try to focus with the ring on the lens but preset it then rock back and forth to obtail focus. To anyone passing at that stage would assume I had devoured 3 bottles of Glenfiddick

    Well you did ask
    Wow all over my head I'm afraid, sounds very good and obviously works wonders for you. The reason I asked is that I would like to take some good close up shots and hubby is going to treat me to a macro lens. Just wondered what you used and yeh your quite right I did ask

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    Its not good Babs it was a cheap way to set everthing up for the amount of macro I do

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