Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >