And a novice's bee shot!

[Trevor bond]

This is is my first contribution to the macro group. I don't have a macro lens so used a +4 close up filter on a Tamron 17-270 lens.
The shot was taken handheld in afternoon sunlight.
Comments and critiques welcome.

[MikeW]

Nice! What focal length were you at, how close, and how much of a crop is that? Great result for a zoom lens + close up filters.

[Trevor bond]

Hi Mike
Yes it was a crop.
I have attached here a copy of the original it was cropped from.
The exif data:
shutter speed 1/1250
ISO 800
f/9.0
focus length 84.0mm

I look forward to your thoughts/reactions.
regards
Trevor

[Jos]

very nice, I don't mind the uncropped version either.

[MikeW]

Yeah, great result. Looking at the uncropped shot, that's about as close as I tend to get to bees with my macro lens.

[Oldclikka]

very nice, I don't mind the uncropped version either.

Same for me. In fact I prefer the wider short, more detail and better environmental look to it? Meh maybe its just me, but sometimes I think we get too carried away with removing all the bits around our macros. I like a little more context to the images.
Well done by the way, the bees don't stand still or hover long enough for me as a rule so getting an in-flight shot makes me sooo jealous.

[Arthurhh]

Well done, like oldclikka I prefer the uncropped one over the crop, but slightly cropped would possibly be nice as well.
It is a pity that we dont get a lot of choice of background colour having to settle for where the critter is, something less bright than the white background objects would have been nice.

[SheepyShaun]

Fantastic! Bet you were pleased when you took that one.

[rjd]

Fantastic shot, there tricky things, good metering too.