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Not our everyday bee...


Not our everyday bee...
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Copyright: Dietrich Meyer (meyerd) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 412 W: 64 N: 1225] (3835)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-05
Categories: Insects
Camera: Konika Minolta Dynax 7D, Minolta AF 100 Macro
Exposure: f/18.0, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-04-09 3:07
Viewed: 498
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Lesser known backyard visitors

This is not our everyday bee... but rather the 9 mm long Early mining bee (Hymenoptera; Apidae; Andrena haemorrhoa (=A. albicans); Rotschopfige Sandbiene), a non-social wild bee. Here it feeds on Wild plum, Prunus insititia. It is a frequent visitor, easily overlooked for its small size. ID is easy, you will notice the characteristic reddish hair tuft at the abdominal tip. The genus Andrena is represented in my region with 130 species, all have the genus-specific hair curl ("Hüftlocke") at the upper hind femur, three cubital cells and an almost straight basal vein in the wing.

The picture is a collage of two photographies of the same animal, taken at the same spot. I wanted to show its ID traits, so I tried my hand on this technique with PS. In a workshop version I applied a colour correction.
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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1107 W: 6 N: 3063] (11326)
  • [2008-04-09 3:46]

Hi Dietrich,excellent couple,perfect sharpenss and colours,not easy to take so perfectly,very very beautifull composition,thanks for the note too,Luciano

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2585 W: 170 N: 7879] (24911)
  • [2008-04-09 6:53]

Hello Dietrich,
I must look out for these little Bees with a brush at the abdominal tip! Excellent collage with sharp details showing it from different angles. Fine colours too and the two shots make a fine composition together!
TFS and regards, Ulla

Hi dear Dietrich ,
Great macro eith excellent sharpness.
Details are great too.
well done

Regards
Saeed

Ciao Dietrich,
splendida collage di questa bella Andrena.
La tua foto è veramente solare e trasmette tutta la gioia della primavera.
Saluti dalla Sicilia,
Marcello

hello Dietrich,
very good post and presentation

gretings sERGIO

Fuzzy little creatures! Excellent work, beautiful!

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3174 W: 154 N: 4796] (15481)
  • [2008-04-14 0:32]

Hi Dietrich.
Wonderful wide DOF. You managed to show this so interesting scene in focus. Sharpness of the entire image is really great as well as the great lighting and well illuminated BG. Bravo. Excellent close-up shot as usual for you.
Alexei.

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1242 W: 0 N: 2237] (9414)
  • [2008-04-17 0:53]

Hallo Dieter,
Zurück von Berlin, habe ich schnell mal nachgeschaut auf TN. Freue mich sehr an Deinem erzählerischen Bild. Eine Biene mit Hüftlocke, reizend! Sehr gelungene Collage. Musst mir mal zeigen, wie man das macht. Und wir sehen uns bald in Marly mit Markus, wenn das noch festteht.
Herzliche Grüsse
Anne

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