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Better known spring messengers:
At my "Bee Hotel" I was able to watch this scene: a male Red mason bee (Hymenoptera; Apidae; Osmia bicornis = Osmia rufa; Rote Mauerbiene) was waiting outside the hole for an emerging female. Both flew off together. I posted another shot of the rarely seen male in the workshop area.
ID:
You can identify the genus by the reddish-haired abdomen, combined with pulvilli between the claws and two (instead of three) cubital cells in the wing. There is a slight olive tinge to the black body. The species is told by the two horns below the antennae (only females have them) and the size, 10-12 mm. The male Osmia have a white "beard"! http://www.wildbienen.de/ helps a lot, but it is in german.
Males and females in bees, not workers? Osmia bicornis is one of the many wild bee species that are non colonial, and have therefore no workers like the honey bee or the bumble bees do.
Doctoring:
I post processed the RAW picture in PS. There was a problem with the matching color of the wood, so I desaturated the wood parts by hand somewhat. I also had to use the Shadows/ Highlight menu to compensate. The rest was as usual. |
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- lousat
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(19589) - [2009-04-06 15:56]
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Hi Dietrich,this is a very great macro! Unusual point of view and fantastics details and colors,my best compliments ,very nice work,have a nice day,Luciano
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- Heaven
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(6010) - [2009-04-06 22:10]
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Lieber Dieter!
Zu Deinem Vortrag: Du hast auch mit Deiner einfachen Kamera schöne Aufnahmen gemacht. Es kommt nämlich nur darauf an, mit welchen Augen man hinsieht. An Deinem Anlass spielten die Emotionen, der Wunsch, die Reise mit euch nachzuerleben, weitaus die grössere Rolle. Dabei kam ich als Zuschauer voll auf die Rechnung.
Der Fotograf Dieter kommt in Bildern wie diesem hier tatsächlich mehr zum Zuge. Auch wenn hier Emotionen mitspielen, steht doch die Freude am schönen Bild und am wissenschaftlichen Inhalt im Vordergrund. Einfach anders, aber eben auch faszinierend.
Ich wünsche Dir eine schöne "Vuelta" und freue mich, Dich danach bald einmal wiederzusehen.
As Grüessli
Markus
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- anel
(15622)
- [2009-04-07 0:28]
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Lieber Dieter,
Melde mich erst jetzt, da ich gestern abend noch Verschiedenes zu erledigen hatte. Dieses Bild gefällt mir ausserordentlich! Vom Inhalt her sehr originelles Bild. Auch ist est technisch sehr gut gemeistert, wer sich mit Bienen beschäftigt, weiss wie schwer sie zu fotografieren sind.
Und diese Begegnung hat etwas Zärtliches in sich (da interpretiere ich natürlich), die Insektenwelt wird uns immer überraschen..
Herzliche Grüsse
Anne
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- Alex99
(18529)
- [2009-04-07 11:45]
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Hi Dietrich.
It is whole poem from life of these cute insects. Pictured scene is unique. Quality of your work is stunning. All is the best. Bravo.
Alexei.
Hallo Dietrich
A stunning macro of these bees, at the "hotel" . All parts are really sharp, and details is real impressive. Lovely combination of colours and details. Very interesting scene to look at. The size of the eyes is really impressive and very clearly seen and is very pleasant to look at. Great focus and sharpness in this image. Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards
Anna
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- jpdenk
(2061)
- [2009-04-10 10:17]
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Hi Dietrich,
A very nice slice-of-life photo of these interesting insects going about their business. Good detail, sharpness and composition also.
John
