PHOTOGRAPH INFO

This photo was taken on Friday at the same farm as the previous photo. These are Scott's bees. :)

The larger version is full of detail.

(Not sure why Jerry Seinfeld didn't study up on honeybees before he made Bee Movie last summer - worker bees are all female!)

Post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D and the Canon 180mm f3.5L Macro lens at 180mm, ISO 400, shutter speed 1/2500s, aperture f/3.5. Cropped to show more detail, curves adjustments, color balancing.

Thank you for visiting Durham Township!

-- Kathleen

Simply wonderful, They are like alive. Stop working only for a moment. And the variety of brown. Awesome.

A bustling city lives within the hive
Where new bees growing come alive.
The queen rules the nest
Also producing the best
Honey for our money, no jive.

Maybe you should add the disclaimer that "subjects depicted are not actual size."
or do they get this big in DT?

very cool! am going to assume you were very well protected to take this photo. :)
did you get a chance to get some that are even closer?

amin: I was wearing a Tyvec jumpsuit and a pith helmet covered in netting.

Closer!? When I start shooting through an electron microscope I'll let you know! :)

Do I detect a little camera shake here. Really great talent love your eye for photos.

This is more bees than I saw all last year, however our fruit trees were full of bees with the first warm days this year.....so nice to see their back(s.)

Any more BEEG ideas young lady? (Not that I need to ask!)

Great photo!

Macro is so hard to do handheld, did you use a tri-pod for this? The DOF on macros is so finicky and it makes such little difference whether shoot at f2.8 or f16, at macro distance it's still so tight either way.

Laurie: This is handheld. Wanted to get used to the idea first... next time I'll bring the tripod. :)