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Apis in flight


Apis in flight
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Copyright: Gabi Klemm (klemmg) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 40 N: 484] (1719)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-11
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Exposure: f/8, 1/320 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-08-11 1:45
Viewed: 1319
Points: 22
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Apis in flight

Finally caught something in flight – no, not a bird, but I’m working on it ;-). Enjoy!

Apis mellifera - the Western Honeybee

The sub-family Apinae or honeybees, comprises a single genus, Apis, which is characterised by the building of vertical combs of hexagonal cells constructed from the wax secreted by the worker bees.

The genus comprises four species: Apis florea, (the Little Honeybee); Apis dorsata, (the Giant Honeybee); Apis cerana, (the Eastern Honeybee); and Apis mellifera, (the Western Honeybee).

Two characteristics of honeybees which have been essential to their evolution and biology are their natural instinct to cluster and (particularly in the case of the cavity-nesting species), their ability to cool the nest by evaporation of water collected outside. These characteristics enable the colonies to achieve a marked degree of temperature regulation within the nest independant of the external temperature. The genus Apis is thus able to colonize a wide variety of environments, ranging from tropical to cool temperatures.

(Edited from this source: http://www.aptoshs.net/~agoldenk/Melissa%20Buron/taxon%20page. Lots of info and photos you can find at http://www.cyberbee.net/)

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Excellent capture!
Good light and details, nice wings movement.
TFS!

Very good in-flight, Gabi.
It's not an easy shoot but you manage very well.
It's little soft, I think you can give it a small dose of USM.
Well composed and nice POV.
You did a very good job.

Pose is excellent, Gabi! It´s a difficult shot. Good work ...Thanks for sharing

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2964 W: 366 N: 3848] (11755)
  • [2005-08-11 18:03]
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Hi Gabi, very nice shot. It's worth two points for catching this in flight so well. My only observation would be that the petals of the flower are a little overexposed. The POV is excellent, well done.

Cool shot Gabi, I tried to get some bee shots the other day so I know how tough these fellows are to capture. I might have toned down the brightness on the flower in centre and left, a bit overexposed and distracting. Well done, Rob

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-08-12 6:25]

Hello Gabi!
Flying insects are my favr. images and yours is wonderful.It was very difficult shot and also at low light conditions.Very well done!
TFS...:-)

Great picture ! You kept on trying, and surely were right to !

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2058 W: 315 N: 4404] (14713)
  • [2005-08-15 3:53]

Hi Gabi, I have no time to write a decent comment. I give to you the well deserved smily.

Day thought:
"The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold." (Unknown author)

Thank you for sharing pictures and notes and for the enjoyment which they give to me.

Amazing capture - perfect focus on the legs which is amazing considering how fast it was moving!

TFS,
Alli

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  • sway Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 316 W: 88 N: 308] (1212)
  • [2005-08-21 5:17]

HI Gabi,
WOW great action shot. I love the movement you have captured with the blur of the wings.
Nice colours
Great composition.
Fantastic sharp focus
:)

Great capture of this little chap on the wing, not an easy one to get - actually, I think it's easier to catch a bird, leastways one of the bigger species that fly "straight" ;-)
Sharpness is good, DOF likewise for your F-8, light was on your side, too, and the bg nicely oof. The leaves - especially on the left side - are pretty bright, so I'd be tempted to tone them down to some extent.

hello Gabi!

very good job..nice colors and this composition is really beautiful..

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