Things that go BUZZ

[RyanB]

A few of the striped visitors to my garden.

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[GardenersHelper]

Wasps good, but Oh! #1. I like that a lot. Terrific image.

 

[ChrisA]

First one is a really winner - tongue out in flight.

 

[RyanB]

Wasps good, but Oh! #1. I like that a lot. Terrific image.

First one is a really winner - tongue out in flight.

Thanks guys, I was following that bee around for ages trying to get a clean shot. This was the only one I managed so it was quite the bonus to get that tongue as well.

 

[alfbranch]

Very nice Ryan

 

[Erty]

If you have foxgloves you can get easy bumble bee shots. The bees will drop out of one flower, slow themselves down and move backwards in front of it then fly up to the next flower- all the movement is on the same focal plane. Just find a flower with a bumble bee in it, set yourself up at 90 degrees to it with the flower in focus and shoot the instant the bee appears. In the majority of pictures, the bee will be somewhere in shot and in focus. The bees will come to the plant and you can get one shot from every flower. Foxgloves should be flowering in a few months.

 

[RyanB]

Very nice Ryan

Cheers Alf

If you have foxgloves you can get easy bumble bee shots. The bees will drop out of one flower, slow themselves down and move backwards in front of it then fly up to the next flower- all the movement is on the same focal plane. Just find a flower with a bumble bee in it, set yourself up at 90 degrees to it with the flower in focus and shoot the instant the bee appears. In the majority of pictures, the bee will be somewhere in shot and in focus. The bees will come to the plant and you can get one shot from every flower. Foxgloves should be flowering in a few months.

Thanks for the tip, I will have to give it a go next time.