[Leica] IMG: Bee Image with Close-Up Lens, for Moose

[Douglas Barry]

Jim, nice shot, but is that black circle on its back a natural marking 
or is it a beekeeper's mark for a queen?
Douglas


On 13/10/2020 17:59, Jim Nichols wrote:
> I obtain close-ups of insects in many different ways.  Yesterday, 
> Moose mentioned close-up lenses, which I haven't used for some time.  
> Today, I magnetically attached my 2.5 diopter  close-up lens to a 
> Pentax 55/1.8 lens on the X-T2 and went to the Buddleia.  This setup 
> allows a working distance of about 12 inches or less, so I had to find 
> a subject I could move in close to. This Carpenter Bee was cooperative.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201013-DSCF2251.JPG.html
>
> Ignore the lens data in Exif.
>