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7-august 08 flowers. a bee and three small insects
7-august 08 flowers. a bee and three small insects
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Collection: 020 - AUGUST 08. FLOWERS
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: on the firetrail
Date: Aug 7, 2008
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250+Ext Flash
Galleries: Digital Art, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2008

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Comments: 22
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 i took these photographs of the bee and the very small insects today on the firetrail ..
the insects, which looked a bit like miniature robberflies, were very very small, about 2mm or 1/8" .. they might be hoverflies .. not sure .. they are that size in relation to the bee ..

i've combined the photograph of the bee and the small insects .. one of the insects i duplicated and flipped horizontally ..

this is the workflow ..

and the three original photographs i used ..
the bee ..


and the small insects ..
1/1250sec & f2.8 + external flash

1/640sec & f3.2 + external flash


i could see the details of the little insects when i scaled them up a lot .. when one of them landed it appeared to be eating from a flower, a bit like a bee, but it may'v been eating some incredibly small insect .. amazing stuff .. :)

after michelle aliqui's comment ...
all these photographs were taken on manual focus ..
when using auto focus the camera will often focus on the background rather than on what you want to focus on, in this case the small insects which were moving fast .. using the speedlite 580EXII external flash helps a lot .. i can up the shutter speed which you cant do with the camera flash, the fastest it will go is 1/250th sec .. thats for the 40D .. i dont know for other cameras..
also i wanted a shallow depth of field for around the bee .. with a smaller aperture diameter i might'v got those very small insects better ..

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 05/30/2011 06:19:01 PM
Very cool!
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 08/16/2009 08:52:35 PM
Awesome creation!!

Message edited by author 2009-08-17 00:53:12.
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 09/11/2008 12:09:30 AM
Very nice work Rozzy. A little subtle for you :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/18/2008 05:47:16 PM
great color, detail, POV and editing.
very well done seen and worked.
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 08/16/2008 10:14:28 PM
Gee whiz Roz, how do you get them to pose for you like that??
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 08/12/2008 10:17:32 PM
Stunning absolutely stunning!
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 08/09/2008 04:11:10 AM
what a cool effect - it seems like the small flies are getting ready to steal
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 08/09/2008 12:44:18 AM
Lovely.. Lovely... Lovely... enough said =)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/08/2008 06:16:54 PM
Roz, you are a PS magician! Every time I look at one of your image (and read your comment) I learn one new thing. This is an incredible image - just awesome!
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 08/07/2008 04:18:58 PM
Hah very cool. Such a good editing job if you hadn't posted the trickery I would have believed it was just a hell of a crazy scene you captured.
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 08/07/2008 04:10:25 PM
My hat is off to ya girl!! Beyond me here..
You have it down to a science and comes out impeccable..
Well done.. Will just have to stay in AWE:)..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/07/2008 01:12:09 PM
Really unusual, beautiful capture.
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 08/07/2008 11:00:11 AM
Wonderfully well put together :-) Colors are great and I love the little bugs trying to harass the impervious bee.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/07/2008 10:03:56 AM
Really, you are the queen of the composite. What an interesting pic. I wouldn't know where to begin.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/07/2008 05:45:59 AM
That's pretty cool.
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 08/07/2008 05:31:46 AM
You just can't leave those bees alone, can you? Always poking your big lens in there little domain! (My tongue is in my cheek.) Again. . . super presentation. And thanks for sharing the process.
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 08/07/2008 05:20:21 AM
I love how you got the bee head on- mine always come out rear 1st- HAH.
Beautiful work - thanks for the steps- I love the rosy colors and dreamy look :)
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 08/07/2008 04:05:51 AM
Terrific job again! You are so consistent in amazing me - thanks for sharing the details.
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 08/07/2008 03:19:25 AM
brilliant work Roz!!!
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 08/07/2008 02:38:22 AM
The focus is amazing!! Very impressive!
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 08/07/2008 01:28:31 AM
How the heck did you manage to catch the little guys in focus?? I can't even get the big guys to hold still!

Very, very cool processing. I like the almost spotlight effect.
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 08/07/2008 01:28:13 AM
Oh wow, Roz. This is excellent processing. Thanks for the the details. Beautiful work.
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