[Leica] IMG: Today at the Buddlei Bush

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Tina.  Some of the Leica-R lenses seem to be easier to focus 
than others.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/23/2016 4:13 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> Perfect photos showing why bees can't fly!!  You are really nailing the
> focus on these.
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
>
>> When I walked out to the Buddlei Bush today, I found another Gulf
>> Fritillary and some bees, along with a lot of smaller insects. The
>> Fritillary was usually in motion, but I finally got one acceptable shot.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fritillary+77.JPG.html
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>> I saw some peculiar behavior on the part of the Carpenter Bees. While one
>> was wrapped up in the flowers, a second large bee was hovering almost
>> motionless, watching.  Here is the hovering bee.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Hovering+Carpen
>> ter+Bee+91.JPG.html
>>
>> As a former aerodynamicist, I noted that, while hovering, with the wings
>> in constant motion, the instantaneous photo shows the left wing at a
>> positive angle of attack while the right wing is just the opposite.  But my
>> fellow engineers are the ones that said that a bumble bee can't fly, so
>> what do we know.  The bees make it work for them. :-)
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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