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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bee Image with Close-Up Lens, for Moose
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:04:08 -0500
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Thanks for looking, Douglas.? The black spot and shiny behind are 
trademarks of the Carpenter Bee.? The Bumble Bee has a fuzzy yellow abdomen.

On 10/13/20 2:51 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
>
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-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Bee Image with Close-Up Lens, for Moose)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMG: Bee Image with Close-Up Lens, for Moose)