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Description

Flowers are starting to bloom here more and more bees are coming out. I wanted to see how the other camera would do with the bee photos I like to do.

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I darken the background but is it still bright. Any distractions, the plant is dense.

Technical Details

Canon r6ii RF 100mm f/2.8 macro. 1/1600 f/13 ISO 6400 I am trying to set up C2 custom for bee photography. still learning

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Incredible detail in the hair on this bee, Dean. Nice angle and you must be getting very close to these to do this with 100mm.

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Wonderful details in the bee, Dean. It is all about the bee, the BG isn’t distracting to me. Well done!

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Dean, this is truly “eye popping” and not meant as a pun by any means. Detail throughout is amazing. Clicking on your personal icon you mention you’re working hard on photographing bees. Seems as though you’ve mastered the macro work here… :+1:

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Dean: One of your best and if this is not a drastic crop you’re doing really well to get this kind of frame filling result with a 100mm. Besides the terrific detail on the bee I also like this BG much better that some of your previous. Superbly crafted image.>=))>

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Thanks for the comments, @Bill_Fach , @Paul_Breitkreuz , @Dennis_Plank , and @Shirley_Freeman. This home we moved to in July has a wonderful bush that maybe 100 bees at a time love every day. I sit in my small pop up chair about 18 inches off the ground. Then get right to the edge of this large bush. I have dark clothes on so they seem to leave me alone. This camera was full frame, so I had more wiggle room to get the bee in the FOV. The canon r7 works better but I have very little wiggle room. They also don’t sit on the flower very long, but there are many of them

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Tack-sharp and great perspective!
Congrats on a fine EP!

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Dean, the bee is amazingly sharp throughout. That (and darkening the surroundings, subtly) let it stand out nicely from the surroundings. A fine capture.

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Dean, I love how the flower frames the top part of the bee. Really sharp! Congrats on the EP.