Bee-fly by Alessandro Zocchi

Sunday, 10th May 2009

Bee-fly

by Alessandro Zocchi

It was late in the afternoon and was drizzling. Very dark but no wind at all. In a public park displaying beautiful tulips this bee-fly was resting on a petal, surrounded by other flowers.

Equipment: Nikon D300, MicroNikkor 200 mm, three extension tubes

Alessandro Zocchi

Ph.D. in Natural Sciences, Main job as Research Scientist. Photographer specialized in nature macrophotography.

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20 Comments

Herman Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 4:10 am
What an interesting Creature. Thank you
Tim Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Incredible
Troy Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 8:03 am
What a great photo well deserved to be photo of the day… i like it!
Malta Photography Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Wow that is a marvelous macro. Very good closeup and clear shot. neat.
su Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Lovely macro, liked the background, and on this day two years ago you had another winner! congrats.
wanda krack Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Lots of details in a tiny object!
Phil Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
wow. one can count the hairs. very nice
Pauline Jones Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
This is a very clear shot; hard to get, well done.
Marie Dunphy Harding Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Wonderful shot!
Photos by Nik Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
love the detail in the pic and clarity is this is crop or shot as is
owen Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Stunning Macro worthy wnner excellent.
Anurag Says:
May 11th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Your Micro Nikkor 200 is serving you well. I’d love to know the F number and the Shutter settings. I’d also love to see this image at 100% to see the detail in those compound eyes!
Magenta White and light brown combine well for a pleasing volor scheme.
saurabh Says:
May 11th, 2009 at 7:56 am
thats a nice close up… up, close n clear…nice shot!!
Alessandro Zocchi Says:
May 11th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Thank you all for the compliments. For Anurag: F/16, 1/2 sec, ISO 400, – 0.33 underexposed, Tripod, remote release. The difficult part was to parallel the focus plane to the wing-eye-sting plane. This angle was the only one to get this, and, unfortunately, another petal (the one on the left lower corner) was in the way. Strangely, the single omatidium of the eye are not visible, not even at 100 %. They seem to be extremely small.
Anurag Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 7:19 am
…or they could have been limited by diffraction due to the smallish aperture. D300 begins to show effects of diffraction from F11 onwards. …….Well I must say that the fly was very co-operative in that it stood still for long enough for you to compose the shot! )
Sue Gagnon Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
This is an amazing bee shot here, very impressive. and well captured. Love it!
Ralph Cabre Says:
May 13th, 2009 at 6:43 am
hard and great shot mate…
Derek Dobbie Says:
May 13th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
What a macro shot this is. Amazing.
Marcel Clemens Says:
May 13th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Absolutely fantastic Alessandro! At first glance the colours made me think it was an infrared modified camera!
Renee Says:
May 13th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
What a weird insect! Thanks for sharing!