Bumble (Carpenter) Bee In Flight

[greybeard69 42]

Bumble from front-2 by TOM STRAIGHT, on Flickr

Bumble from side-2 by TOM STRAIGHT, on Flickr

Bumble from side by TOM STRAIGHT, on Flickr

Bumble from back by TOM STRAIGHT, on Flickr
D750 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 @ 300mm F10 1/1250 sec ISO auto

 

[Gary A.]

Wow ... Wow ... Wow ... and ... Wow!

 

[goooner]

Excellent. Something I've tried and failed with (with a 100mm Macro). Will give it another go with the big zoom lens. Having an uncluttered background is my main problem. The lens really has a difficult time if the background is not clean.

 

[zombiesniper149 14]

Great set.

 

[jcdeboever]

Cool, will have to try that some day... Very nice.

 

[birdbonkers84]

beeutiful!

 

[greybeard69 42]

Excellent. Something I've tried and failed with (with a 100mm Macro). Will give it another go with the big zoom lens. Having an uncluttered background is my main problem. The lens really has a difficult time if the background is not clean.

I used a 70-300@300mm f/10 and 1/1250th. All the focus points active in continuous mode. I found that if I got the focus close in manual 1st, the auto focus snapped in well.

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Nice set

 

[Derrel]

The last shot is my favorite.Tricky just getting these bees in-focus!

 

[smoke665]

Wow! Really nice set!!! I suspect this a Carpenter Bee rather than a Bumble Bee though as its' abdomen is bare, shiny black as opposed to the Bumble Bee's the hairy abdomen and yellow banding. I fight a running battle with these things every year, they love boring into our deck.

 

[charles.ottinger]

Way impressed!

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[Gary A.]

Wow! Really nice set!!! I suspect this a Carpenter Bee rather than a Bumble Bee though as its' abdomen is bare, shiny black as opposed to the Bumble Bee's the hairy abdomen and yellow banding. I fight a running battle with these things every year, they love boring into our deck.

You have a boring deck?

 

[smoke665]

You have a boring deck?

Must be, I've tried everything from putting insecticide in the holes, to plugging them, to swatting them with an electrified flyswatter. At least there is a little satisfaction in hearing that swatter zap them, though even it doesn't seem to decrease their numbers much.

 

[Derrel]

You have a boring deck?

Must be, I've tried everything from putting insecticide in the holes, to plugging them, to swatting them with an electrified flyswatter. At least there is a little satisfaction in hearing that swatter zap them, though even it doesn't seem to decrease their numbers much.

"Dzzzzzzt!" mosquito
"Dzzzzzzt!" mosquito
"Dzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!" moth!

 

[annamaria]

Wow those are really good!


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