Hornets and bees

[BrentC]

Some early morning shot after the rain

1. Bald-faced hornet
Bald-faced Hornet by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

2.
Bald-faced Hornet by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

3. Wet bee
Bee - Early morning rain by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

4. Crane Fly
Crane Fly by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

5. Fly
Fly by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

The water drops in #5 make that one extra special. You are much braver than I getting that close to the hornet!

 

[BrentC]

The water drops in #5 make that one extra special. You are much braver than I getting that close to the hornet!

Thanks Dean. It was wet and very early morning so the hornet was pretty languid.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

See, that is when I'd be most irritable.

 

[zombiesniper]

Great set.

 

[jcdeboever]

Wonderful

 

[baturn]

Very nice set!

 

[Steven Dillon]

Brent,
Another vote for the fly from me, and I agree that the drop puts the image right over the top. Very nice.

 

[birdbonkers84]

These are great!

 

[Cortian]

The water drops in #5 make that one extra special. You are much braver than I getting that close to the hornet!

Thanks Dean. It was wet and very early morning so the hornet was pretty languid.

I was wondering about that

They're all very nice.

I noticed you used flash on all of them. What kind of flash? I'm curious, as I just got my macro lens and I'm looking forward to spring/summer in our gardens. Trying to get a handle on the lens ahead of time.

 

[BrentC]

These are great!

The water drops in #5 make that one extra special. You are much braver than I getting that close to the hornet!

Thanks Dean. It was wet and very early morning so the hornet was pretty languid.

I was wondering about that

They're all very nice.

I noticed you used flash on all of them. What kind of flash? I'm curious, as I just got my macro lens and I'm looking forward to spring/summer in our gardens. Trying to get a handle on the lens ahead of time.

Thanks guys. For these I used a simple setup with a speedlight on camera with a diffuser. I recently bought a flash bracket so I can have flash off camera and can't wait to try itout. Here is the setup I used.

 

[Cortian]

Thanks for the info, BrentC. I wonder if a diffuser quite that large is necessary?

 

[BrentC]

Thanks for the info, BrentC. I wonder if a diffuser quite that large is necessary?

Its not that big a diffuser. May look big on my M43 camera But yes you could use a smaller diffuser. I just bought a flash bracket and picked up a couple of smaller diffusers. One of them is about 1/4 the size. Have not had a chance to try it out yet. I think what is important is how well it diffuses.

There is also a lot of sites that show you how to make your own diffuser with stuff around the house.

 

[Cortian]

I don't even have a speedlight, yet But that's next on the list. (Canon 430EX II.) Just put a couple small softbox diffusers in one of my shopping lists on Amazon. They're not expensive. Thanks for the info!

 

[BrentC]

If you have on camera flash use that for now.