Bee in Flight

Bee in Flight · 07:22 PM

It's shots like these when I really appreciate the combination of manual focus lenses and a digital SLR body :-)

Shot with a K20D + Volna-9 50mm f2.8

mr tibbs · 04-27-2009, 08:00 PM

Beautiful shot!! It's shots like this that make me want a prime!!

song_hm · 04-27-2009, 08:14 PM

Very 3D-ish. The bee seem to float above the image.

RawheaD · 04-27-2009, 09:25 PM

Originally posted by mr tibbs

Beautiful shot!! It's shots like this that make me want a prime!!

Thanks. Yeah, primes are great for being great at what they do, if you follow me.

The Volna-9 is great for macro and close-ups, but also great for bokeh and color rendition. This shot is fairly heavily cropped (I'd say about 50%) so, it's not technically macro at all, but because of the characteristic of the lens, it creates this nice 3D quality to it.

But most importantly, having that freedom of total control over focus and aperture at the touch of my left hand's fingers is what allowed this shot, which was, by the way, shot completely hand-held while I was frantically following bees around under a cherry tree :-D

RawheaD · 04-27-2009, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by song_hm

Very 3D-ish. The bee seem to float above the image.

Yeah, that was what really caught my eye as I developed this image in Aperture; made me go "Whoa!". I post my photos over at Flickr, and I'm not one to post tons of my mediocre photos everywhere, but I thought this one was good enough to warrant a post outside of my Flickr streem :-)

Thanks for the comments!

Damn Brit · 04-27-2009, 10:20 PM

That's a nice shot, good work.

vievetrick · 04-28-2009, 05:13 AM

great capture!!

daacon · 04-28-2009, 05:14 AM

Awsome timing - great focus - well done.

RawheaD · 04-28-2009, 09:05 AM

Thanks all for your comments :-)

yeatzee · 04-28-2009, 09:11 AM

WOW!

I dont think people understand how difficult this shot is! I tried it and.... well lets just leave it at that

mikeSF · 04-28-2009, 10:08 PM

amazing shot. i've spent some time squatting in the bushes trying to chase bees using manual focus and i have yet to get a flying one in focus; that is tough to do. your shot looks so clean and sharp, especially with the light pink flowers to contrast the bee. very nice!
i am not familiar with that Volna lens but it is apparently quite special indeed.

gawan · 04-29-2009, 11:50 AM

Very good shot, also a good candidate for the "Opposing Gravity" challenge in the Mini_Challenges forum?

paulyrichard · 04-29-2009, 12:47 PM

Lovely photo, great work. I like the 1:1 crop too.

RawheaD · 05-01-2009, 07:37 AM

Thanks everybody!! I'm happy I posted.

If anybody is interested in how I got this shot (I actually got at least two other shots with the same bee "in-focus"), you can click on the photo and go to my Flickr page; I outlined the details of my method in the comments section. It all boils down to: fast shutter speed, narrow aperture, rapid continuous shots :-)

I should also look into that mini-challenge thingy...

RawheaD · 05-01-2009, 07:40 AM

Here's one other shot I took; I liked the angle of the bee and the flower but wasn't 100% satisfied because of the lack of wings :-)

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04-27-2009, 08:00 PM	#2
mr tibbs Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Utah Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 303	Beautiful shot!! It's shots like this that make me want a prime!!

04-27-2009, 08:14 PM	#3
song_hm Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 797	Very 3D-ish. The bee seem to float above the image.

04-27-2009, 09:25 PM	#4
RawheaD Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: MA, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 831 Original Poster	Originally posted by mr tibbs Beautiful shot!! It's shots like this that make me want a prime!! Thanks. Yeah, primes are great for being great at what they do, if you follow me. The Volna-9 is great for macro and close-ups, but also great for bokeh and color rendition. This shot is fairly heavily cropped (I'd say about 50%) so, it's not technically macro at all, but because of the characteristic of the lens, it creates this nice 3D quality to it. But most importantly, having that freedom of total control over focus and aperture at the touch of my left hand's fingers is what allowed this shot, which was, by the way, shot completely hand-held while I was frantically following bees around under a cherry tree :-D

04-27-2009, 09:27 PM	#5
RawheaD Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: MA, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 831 Original Poster	Originally posted by song_hm Very 3D-ish. The bee seem to float above the image. Yeah, that was what really caught my eye as I developed this image in Aperture; made me go "Whoa!". I post my photos over at Flickr, and I'm not one to post tons of my mediocre photos everywhere, but I thought this one was good enough to warrant a post outside of my Flickr streem :-) Thanks for the comments!

04-27-2009, 10:20 PM	#6
Damn Brit Guest	That's a nice shot, good work.

04-28-2009, 05:13 AM	#7
vievetrick Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Easthampton - Massachusetts - USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,183	great capture!!

04-28-2009, 05:14 AM	#8
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Awsome timing - great focus - well done.

04-28-2009, 09:05 AM	#9
RawheaD Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: MA, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 831 Original Poster	Thanks all for your comments :-)

04-28-2009, 09:11 AM	#10
yeatzee Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Temecula Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,675	WOW! I dont think people understand how difficult this shot is! I tried it and.... well lets just leave it at that

04-28-2009, 10:08 PM	#11
mikeSF Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East Bay Area, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,622	amazing shot. i've spent some time squatting in the bushes trying to chase bees using manual focus and i have yet to get a flying one in focus; that is tough to do. your shot looks so clean and sharp, especially with the light pink flowers to contrast the bee. very nice! i am not familiar with that Volna lens but it is apparently quite special indeed.

04-29-2009, 11:50 AM	#12
gawan Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Helsinki Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,400	Very good shot, also a good candidate for the "Opposing Gravity" challenge in the Mini_Challenges forum?

04-29-2009, 12:47 PM	#13
paulyrichard Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 871	Lovely photo, great work. I like the 1:1 crop too.

05-01-2009, 07:37 AM	#14
RawheaD Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: MA, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 831 Original Poster	Thanks everybody!! I'm happy I posted. If anybody is interested in how I got this shot (I actually got at least two other shots with the same bee "in-focus"), you can click on the photo and go to my Flickr page; I outlined the details of my method in the comments section. It all boils down to: fast shutter speed, narrow aperture, rapid continuous shots :-) I should also look into that mini-challenge thingy...

05-01-2009, 07:40 AM	#15
RawheaD Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: MA, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 831 Original Poster	Here's one other shot I took; I liked the angle of the bee and the flower but wasn't 100% satisfied because of the lack of wings :-)