[Leica] IMG: Another Green-Eyed Bee

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Don.  You didn't notice that I flipped the image upside down?

On 10/6/20 2:44 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Pretty amazing considering the focal length and your distance to the bee.
> The 60 does amazingly well considering the age of the design.
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 2:35 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> After venturing out to get my Senior Flu Shot and pick up a few things,
>> I needed a few minutes to relax.  A thought occurred to me (yes, one
>> does have thoughts after age 90).  Would the 2X extender combine with
>> the Leica-R 60 mm Macro lens?  So I put the pieces together, put a fresh
>> battery in the Fuji X-T2, and walked outside. (Although the X-T2 allows
>> one to enter the focal length of manual lenses, I forgot to do it.  It
>> still reports 500mm, not 120mm).
>>
>> Insect activity has just about disappeared at my house except for a few
>> butterflies that pass and wave, but don't touch down. I saw an orange
>> one and a yellow one that teased me while I was out.  I finally spotted
>> some Carpenter Bees.  It wasn't until I was looking at them on the
>> screen that I realized I had another Eastern Carpenter Bee or
>> "Green-Eyed Bee".
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201006-DSCF2155.JPG.html
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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Jim Nichols
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