Thematic Pollinators in action

swanlefitte · 10-16-2018, 04:18 PM - **3 Likes**

The pollination continues here in New Orleans. This first one kept hiding but the second one was too big to hide. (bee for scale) :0

swanlefitte · 10-17-2018, 03:48 PM - **2 Likes**

I saw a couple more on the milkweed.

swanlefitte · 10-17-2018, 03:50 PM - **4 Likes**

That last one on the milk wanted basil with it.

And a buudy flew in for some too.

**Tonytee** · 10-17-2018, 10:35 PM - **1 Like**

Friend, this is absolutely one beautifully photographed series. Well executed, sir. Thanks for posting.

TT

**aslyfox** · 10-18-2018, 04:30 AM - **3 Likes**

some times you just can't get close ( fencing ) but if you have a good lens --

SOOC

crop and pp

I really like this combo: K 3 II + SMC Pentax-D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro

swanlefitte · 10-18-2018, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by aslyfox

some times you just can't get close ( fencing ) but if you have a good lens --

SOOC

crop and pp

I really like this combo: K 3 II + SMC Pentax-D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro

When I was using a 6mb camera crop was an enemy. With 20mb it's not. With macro bugs it's sometimes impossible to get close enough and even then backing off is the only way to get enough dof.
When the next apsc has 36mp I think fear of cropping may still carry on.

swanlefitte · 10-18-2018, 01:40 PM

Originally posted by Tonytee

Friend, this is absolutely one beautifully photographed series. Well executed, sir. Thanks for posting.

TT

Thank you. Those wasps are a mortar and a potter wasp. Things lined up after the whole summer. Milkweed bloomed and it was below 80f. They are simply too fast in the heat to even look at them. The swallowtail landed right in front of me. I think I had become part of the scenery from standing still watching the wasps.

Bud · 10-18-2018, 05:17 PM - **3 Likes**

Queen and worker bumble bees
K-5IIs and DA*300

**dronegeek** · 10-18-2018, 06:04 PM

Those Bumble Bee pictures are outstanding !!!

**dronegeek** · 10-18-2018, 06:06 PM - **2 Likes**

Went out in the yard with my Vivitar 100mm macro.

Bud · 10-19-2018, 06:18 AM - **5 Likes**

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth feeding on the blooms of a butterfly bush in my yard in SW Ohio

K-5IIs and DA*300
1/2500s f/7.1 at 300.0mm iso1600

**noelcmn** · 10-19-2018, 07:41 AM - **4 Likes**

That's a BEAUT Bud!

**JensE** · 10-19-2018, 10:13 AM

Congrats to those in-flight pictures, I especially like the 2nd one, with lots of pollen everywhere, and very nice detail without distracting reflections.

Bud · 10-20-2018, 08:05 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by noelcmn

That's a BEAUT Bud!

Thanks!

Immature male Ruby-throated Hummingbird and a bumblebee. The flower is tithonia rotundifolia 'Mexican Sunflower'.

**TER-OR** · 10-24-2018, 07:18 PM

Originally posted by Bud

Queen and worker bumble bees
K-5IIs and DA*300

Thinking this is a Gyne and Males...
Queens don't forage once they lay their first batch of workers, and those definitely look like males.

Bombus griseocollis if I'm not mistaken.

---------- Post added 10-24-18 at 09:19 PM ----------

Originally posted by Bud

Thanks!

Immature male Ruby-throated Hummingbird and a bumblebee. The flower is tithonia rotundifolia 'Mexican Sunflower'.

Just...wow.

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10-16-2018, 04:18 PM - 3 Likes	#541
swanlefitte Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Minneapolis Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,068	The pollination continues here in New Orleans. This first one kept hiding but the second one was too big to hide. (bee for scale) :0

10-17-2018, 03:48 PM - 2 Likes	#542
swanlefitte Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Minneapolis Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,068	I saw a couple more on the milkweed.

10-17-2018, 03:50 PM - 4 Likes	#543
swanlefitte Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Minneapolis Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,068	That last one on the milk wanted basil with it. And a buudy flew in for some too.

10-17-2018, 10:35 PM - 1 Like	#544
Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,461	Friend, this is absolutely one beautifully photographed series. Well executed, sir. Thanks for posting. TT

10-18-2018, 01:30 PM	#546
swanlefitte Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Minneapolis Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,068	Originally posted by aslyfox some times you just can't get close ( fencing ) but if you have a good lens -- SOOC crop and pp I really like this combo: K 3 II + SMC Pentax-D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro When I was using a 6mb camera crop was an enemy. With 20mb it's not. With macro bugs it's sometimes impossible to get close enough and even then backing off is the only way to get enough dof. When the next apsc has 36mp I think fear of cropping may still carry on.

10-18-2018, 01:40 PM	#547
swanlefitte Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Minneapolis Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,068	Originally posted by Tonytee Friend, this is absolutely one beautifully photographed series. Well executed, sir. Thanks for posting. TT Thank you. Those wasps are a mortar and a potter wasp. Things lined up after the whole summer. Milkweed bloomed and it was below 80f. They are simply too fast in the heat to even look at them. The swallowtail landed right in front of me. I think I had become part of the scenery from standing still watching the wasps.

10-18-2018, 05:17 PM - 3 Likes	#548
Bud Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,699	Queen and worker bumble bees K-5IIs and DA*300

10-18-2018, 06:04 PM	#549
dronegeek Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Euless Texas Photos: Albums Posts: 268	Those Bumble Bee pictures are outstanding !!!

10-19-2018, 06:18 AM - 5 Likes	#551
Bud Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,699	Hummingbird Clearwing Moth feeding on the blooms of a butterfly bush in my yard in SW Ohio K-5IIs and DA*300 1/2500s f/7.1 at 300.0mm iso1600

10-19-2018, 07:41 AM - 4 Likes	#552
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,175	That's a BEAUT Bud!

10-19-2018, 10:13 AM	#553
JensE Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Leipzig Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,969	Congrats to those in-flight pictures, I especially like the 2nd one, with lots of pollen everywhere, and very nice detail without distracting reflections.

10-20-2018, 08:05 AM - 2 Likes	#554
Bud Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,699	Originally posted by noelcmn That's a BEAUT Bud! Thanks! Immature male Ruby-throated Hummingbird and a bumblebee. The flower is tithonia rotundifolia 'Mexican Sunflower'.

10-24-2018, 07:18 PM	#555
TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	Originally posted by Bud Queen and worker bumble bees K-5IIs and DA*300 Thinking this is a Gyne and Males... Queens don't forage once they lay their first batch of workers, and those definitely look like males. Bombus griseocollis if I'm not mistaken. ---------- Post added 10-24-18 at 09:19 PM ---------- Originally posted by Bud Thanks! Immature male Ruby-throated Hummingbird and a bumblebee. The flower is tithonia rotundifolia 'Mexican Sunflower'. Just...wow.