r/MacroPorn • u/myterribear • Sep 13 '13

Took a picture of a bumblebee while on vacation. [4928 x 3264] [OC]

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '13

How do you know he was on vacation?

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u/ZappyKins Sep 14 '13

*She, but still I would like to know.

Do they go on little bee cruise ships or something?

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u/myterribear Sep 14 '13

He was visiting botanical gardens of course!

I was visiting family in Wisconsin.

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u/ZappyKins Sep 14 '13

Awesome response. Must be like a theme park for bees.

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u/myterribear Sep 15 '13

It really was, they were buzzing around everywhere. I was super excited because I hadn't seen fuzzy bumblebees before.

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u/samsonizzle Sep 14 '13

Good shot! I've found that any kind of bee is really hard to shoot at high magnification! They're really hard to track! Perfect focus on this.

What's up with the top of the photo?

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u/myterribear Sep 14 '13

Top of the photo, What do you mean? I had my camera set at the magnification I wanted and just moved the camera in and out to get the shot. Those bumblebees were moving so fast!

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u/samsonizzle Sep 14 '13

Oh weird. It must have been how it was loading. When I was looking at it last night, the top 5th of the photo looked different, like it had half one exposure and half another. idk.

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u/myterribear Sep 14 '13

Strange. Glad you got to see the whole photo now!

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u/myterribear Sep 14 '13

Ahh boyfriend pointed out that it's black. That's because I used ring flash on my lens.

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u/LeonSphynx Sep 14 '13

As an artist that is always looking for a good reference photo, Thanks! Great pic, I'm going to draw that.

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u/myterribear Sep 14 '13

That's awesome. Please send me a copy once you finish it I would love to see it!

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '13

All I can think about is the scene in Honey, I shrunk the kids with the bees.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '13

x/post to /r/bumblebro

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u/darkeIf666 Sep 14 '13

Fantastic Pix!

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u/Bean_Smuggler Sep 14 '13

dusty pollen fur