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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Bee-fly by Alessandro Zocchi was photo of the day on Sunday, 10th May 2009. It is tagged Insects, Macro. You can leave a comment below.
23 Comments
Herman
What an interesting Creature. Thank you
Tim
Incredible
Troy
What a great photo well deserved to be photo of the day… i like it!
Malta Photography
Wow that is a marvelous macro. Very good closeup and clear shot. neat.
su
Lovely macro, liked the background, and on this day two years ago you had another winner! congrats.
wanda krack
Lots of details in a tiny object!
Phil
wow. one can count the hairs. very nice
Pauline Jones
This is a very clear shot; hard to get, well done.
Marie Dunphy Harding
Wonderful shot!
Photos by Nik
love the detail in the pic and clarity is this is crop or shot as is
owen
Stunning Macro worthy wnner excellent.
CHUCK URGOLITES
Love THE CONTRAST OF THE BEE~FLY AND BACKGROUND . FANTASTIC SHOT !
Anurag
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
thats a nice close up… up, close n clear…nice shot!!
Alessandro Zocchi
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
…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!
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Sue Gagnon
This is an amazing bee shot here, very impressive. and well captured. Love it!
Ralph Cabre
hard and great shot mate…
Derek Dobbie
What a macro shot this is. Amazing.
Marcel Clemens
Absolutely fantastic Alessandro! At first glance the colours made me think it was an infrared modified camera!
Renee
What a weird insect! Thanks for sharing!
Rajib Singha
Fantastic macro shot.
Su
Lovely colours and detail