A few Bumblebee pics from today

I went out with the camera today looking for birds to photograph at a local public garden, sadly most of them were staying high in the treetops, got a couple of shots though, but not the species I was after.

So I had a good look about and found some beautiful Bumblebees diving in and out of the amazing flowers this place has.

These are all handheld using a D800 + 300mm f/4 with 1.4x converter, tricky doing the shots handheld as there was a breeze all day that gently the moved the flowers about.









Pretty pleased with them for handheld, no close up eye or antennae shots though

Great shots! The D800 / 300 mm lens combination must've been very hard to shoot hand held.

wazabees said:

Great shots! The D800 / 300 mm lens combination must've been very hard to shoot hand held.

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Thanks! I can hold the kit steady pretty well, but the flowers moving in the breeze didn't help Sticking it on the tripod would have nailed those shots, left it at home though!

Wow. So vivid for handheld with a 300. Nice work! I'm a big fan of bees. Cool pics.

I'd actually put money down on the first of the bunch. They're all good, but that one speaks to me. Great shot!

^^ Thanks for the compliment!
I'm just practicing, practicing, practicing as much as time allows, getting better results slowly

Beautiful. I've never seen a bumblebee before.

I try to never look at Bee or Spider pictures, well, just because.., but they are good!

Cash_Stronomer said:

I try to never look at Bee or Spider pictures, well, just because.., but they are good!

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I'm actually like that with spider pics, I'll have a look, but through squinted eyes

WarrenB said:

I'm actually like that with spider pics, I'll have a look, but through squinted eyes

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God! Even the smallest spider would be terribly scary at that amount of zoom!

Daveho said:

God! Even the smallest spider would be terribly scary at that amount of zoom!

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Oh yes! I did unintentionally stare straight at one last week when I was trying to focus on a small bird in a tree, the camera locked onto a spider on it's web in the foreground that I didn't even see, filled the whole frame

Fantastic photos Warren!

great macro bee shots!

Beautiful photography !

Andy said:

Fantastic photos Warren!

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malocchio said:

Beautiful photography !

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Thanks guys!

sarimento1 said:

great macro bee shots!

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Seems like the 300+1.4 converter does a decent job, I was a fair distance away before it would focus, that's a good thing with most bugs though, less likely to startle them!

Impressive photos! Thanks for sharing them.

Those are beautiful shots, Warren!

Thanks guys!
I might head back to the same place next week, hopefully get some more pics.

Gorgeous, Warren. Just stunning.

^^ Thanks, I'm very pleased with them!