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Xylocopa


Xylocopa
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Copyright: didier garnier (ddg) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 23 N: 942] (5111)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-20
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 300 D, 100mm f/2.8MacroØ58
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/1000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): 50-60 points (chapter 5), 60 - 69 Points (Chapter 2), Bee and flies [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-06-24 9:56
Viewed: 1542
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 66
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea)
Readily identified by its color, this handsome solitary bee flies in summer and autumn and again in spring, after hibernation. It is about 25 mm (approx. 1 in) long, glossy black all over, with sparse black hairs. The opaque wings are dark brown with a lilac-coloured sheen. Despite its fast flight and fearsome appearance, it is not aggressive and rarely stings.
Carpenter bees usually attack fairly solid wood (e.g. dead unrotted trees and tree-stumps, felled timber, fence posts, etc.). They sometimes tunnel into the timbers and beams of houses, barns and other buildings, and may cause considerable structural damage if left unchecked. Each bee excavates a large nest-tunnel, often over 30 cm (12 in) long, divided off into a number of separate cells by partitions of chewed wood chips. Each cell is stocked with a mass of nectar and pollen on which the female lays an egg. Like other solitary bees, when nesting is finished the female bee leaves her eggs and grubs to develop on their own, through to the next generation of adults.
Iso 400.Neatimage for the noise.

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  • mbasil Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 336 W: 149 N: 745] (3304)
  • [2006-06-24 10:01]

Nicely done, Didier. Great composition and sharp focus. The DoF is just right. Congrats!
Mike

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-06-24 10:03]

Hello Didier,
Excellent in-flight macro.Well caught,framed and composed.I liked sharpness,blurred BG and POV a lot.TFS...:-)

Hello Didier!
Great inflight shot! You are an expert on that! This time different subject and beautiful composition with that flowers, bg and soft colours! I'm trying to shoot in-flight shots too! But i use flash on my shots! So i can't have soft colours and beautiful composition like yours!
Great shot! Thank you and best regards!
Ersin

Hi Didier,

I would have enjoyed taking this one... getting the DoF just right must have been tricky with no opportunity for retake. Brilliant composition. Well framed to complete the just right look, great write up! Thank you for sharing.
Regards, Tim

Sakut Didier
A great capture here. I think it is particularly difficult to get a good moving shot. Your photo shows the irridescent purple colour in the wings beautifully.
Superb!
Amicalement
Morag

Hello Dider, excellent photo, perect details, Bg, POV, DOF Great JOb, TFs Kyle

Salut Didier
Magnifique photo en macro que cette guêpe en plein vole J'aime beaucouo tous les détails et les belles couleurs .
Belle présentation et très beau back ground
Merci et au revoir....JP

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  • loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5452 W: 594 N: 3665] (10075)
  • [2006-06-24 11:42]
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Hi Didier
Well done with this in flight shot of the carpenter bee especially since it was done with a DSLR which is rather difficult to handle in this circumstance.
I like your composition with the bee in the left side of the frame and the flowers giving balance on the right hand side. The colours and details are great. The OOF BG is marvellous and the exposure was spot-on.
Very well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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  • takos1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 264 W: 25 N: 206] (2599)
  • [2006-06-24 12:04]

Splendida fotografia, complimenti!!!

Ciao.
Franco

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  • magal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 224 W: 0 N: 313] (1241)
  • [2006-06-24 14:10]

Hi Didier,
Beautiful shot, very dynamic, with excellent detail abd beautiful colours
TFS
Mark

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 792 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
  • [2006-06-24 14:36]

wow, a black bee, never saw one of those before.
excellent inflight-shot, didier! :-)
wonderful composition with beautiful flowers.
perfect timing on the flight and amazing details.
well seen & captured, thor.

Perfect colours, contrast...

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
c'est le bruit que fait cette abeille charpentiere.
bravo c'est magnifique d'avoir pu la prendre en vol.
merci et bon week end.
laurent

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1168 W: 261 N: 3035] (13835)
  • [2006-06-24 17:40]

Hi Didier,

An excellent inflight shot,colors and composition are wonderfull to look at,well done and TFS this impressive capture,

Paul

Very well captured Didier,
Good detail, colours and sharpness. exposure and lighting are good. Good POV and composition.

Thanks for posting, enjoy the rest of the weekend.

I like composition. The Bee suspended on a blurred multi-coloured background and the group of light daisies contrasting with the dark body of the Xylocopa. Très bon.

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 962 W: 0 N: 89] (7801)
  • [2006-06-25 4:54]

Hi Didier
Beautiful composition. Great action shot. Great colours, sharpnes, BG, details, light and POV.
Well done Didier

osse

Didier,

Great action shot you have here. The Sharpness, detail of subject, DOF, BG and Composition are all great. TFS,
Sheriff

Very nice inlfight Didier,
Excellent color, light, BG, detail, and comp. with the flowers pulled into the frame nicely.
I would prefer to see more of the head, but that's just me :)
Very well done.

Hermosa foto. Congelada en el aire la abeja se acerca a cumplir una de sus funciones.
Fondo suave, centrada, muy agradable.
Un saludo, Juan Luis.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2006-06-26 7:53]

Excellent capture Didier, the composition is great and the action is brilliant. Well done on this one.

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2006-06-26 14:55]

Bonsoir Didier ! Une très belle photo de cet insect en vol ! Les détails, les couleurs, la composition et le BG sont vraiment excellents. Les ailes floues créent une belle impression de mouvement. Magnifique !
Valérie.

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  • Nico Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 209 W: 1 N: 332] (1313)
  • [2006-06-27 2:23]

Hi Didier, Excellent action close-up. Good compo and POV. You managed DOF well. TFS

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-06-27 8:13]

Bonjour Didier,
excellent inflight shot. Great sharpness, except for the perfect little motion blurr. Superp POV and DOF, the subject and the target stand ot very well from the blurred BG. Lovely colors and excellent exposure.
TFS..Sky

Hi Didier,
you did well wiht this in-flight of the black bee, the exposure are good, still details in the body and the whites are not OE. Well composed, good POV and lovely colours.
Very well done.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2006-06-29 2:05]

Le Didier a encore mis la barre haute, j'avais une photo d'abeille charpentière et avec vous elle est en vol ! En un mot : superbe. Compliments et merci.

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 647 W: 6 N: 1106] (3191)
  • [2006-06-29 2:53]

Bonjour Didier,
Excellent macro shot.
I like how you captured this carpenter bee.
Great pov,dof,focus,action,blurred bg,note and frame.Merci:)
Chris

Hi Didier,
Another amazing in flight shot. I am going to keep practicing, but I cannot seem to get anything close to this.
Great colors and detail in this shot. Excellent camera work!
Scott

Hi Didier, nice inflight macro!!
Good details, colors and BG.
Andrea

We will have to give you the title of "the expert in flight" you have a great collection.
Very nice composition, colour and light on this one. Congratulations.

Great action shot Didier, not an easy one, well done!!!

Hi Didier,
I've been on holidays, so I missed some of your spectacular shots.
Your the master of the flying bugs, wow, this one is great - blue wings, I never saw such a bee. Excellent shot, I love it, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Great capture. I was seeing one or two ony per somer when I was living in France. None any more now. Never got a chance to photograph those.
You did impressively well: close and in flight.
Plus a nice flower.
I'm impressed.
TFS

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