And in all seriousness, K10d, Tamron f2.5 90mm SP Macro on a Manfrotto monopod. Bumblebees apparently only sting to protect the hive and they don't seem to be bothered when you get close.
Like some humans I've known they are fairly oblivious to the rest of the world when they're eating so with the macro extended the front element gets to within a few inches but they seem not to mind. Thanks for the enthusiastic words! Cheers, frank On 17 August, 2015 9:06:48 PM EDT, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >Wow. First Kolor Knarf, and now Macro Knarf! > >Very nice pic--interesting, colorful, and sharp (oh, yeah, Sharp Knarf >came even before Kolor Knarf!). > >How did you shoot it? > >Rick >http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > >On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 8:04 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >> >> On 8/17/2015 7:53 PM, frank theriault wrote: >>> >>> Yeah, I know, it sounds like an English pub. >> >> !! exactly what I was thinking! or a tea parlor- LOL >> >> He's a cute little buggar >> >> ann >>> >>> Couldn't resist: >>> >>> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/08/bumblebee-and-thistle.html >>> >>> BTW those more-or-less parallel white lines on the upper right are a >>> spider web, which the bee just ploughed right through. Takes more >than >>> a web to get between a bumblebee and her nectar, I guess. >>> >>> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> frank >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and >> follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
