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Hand Held by the Grace of God


Hand Held by the Grace of God
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Copyright: Robert Shannon Sr (eqshannon) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2507 W: 216 N: 9386] (27951)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-09-24
Categories: Insects
Camera: LeicaDLUX4
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-24 15:20
Viewed: 296
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Taken at Cheney Public Gardens....I am so much missing my electric scooter....this was a painful walk. I apologize for not posting more. It is my intent to ask people who use my news website for donations through Paypal. That is slow going and it may be winter before I am able to accumulate enough. For instance...

Today I decided the heck with the pain and such..and I went out to Turnbull Wildlife Refuge. I saw an autumnal shot for landscape...it was 85 degrees F and when I turned around to go back to the car..it was uphill...a looong for it seemed. I remember as a KID running this as a kid...today I almost fainted as my pulse reached 110....but I did survive...I guess I am going to have to adapt.. SO (*as per AP)

Here is a story about this bumblebee I took today which is from one of my papers...I being a member of the National Press Photographers Association.

"With bumblebees and other native insects that pollinate crops dying off, scientists are working on the best ways to restore natural habitat on or near farms.

The Xerces Society, based in Portland, announced this week it has received $458,000 from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to do some of the work.

Part of the money will go toward tracking how pollination improves on farmland around Davis, Calif., where farmers have established mile-long hedgerows to provide food and shelter for pollinators like bumblebees and insects such as ladybugs, which prey on pests.

The rest will be spent on working with universities and agricultural organizations to develop local combinations of trees, shrubs and plants that can be used nationwide to make life better for beneficial insects.

"If you provide the habitat, what we see is these animals will come and will help farmers," said Scott Hoffman Black, executive director of the Xerces Society.

Farmers have been relying increasingly on native pollinators such as bumblebees since honeybees - a European transplant - began dying from a mysterious combination of ailments known as colony collapse disorder. But many of the 4,000 species of bumblebees in North America also are threatened, primarily by disease and habitat loss.

Modern industrial farming has been terrible for native pollinators, said Claire Kremen, associate professor of zoology at the University of California at Berkeley. Crops are planted so they cover every inch of ground, and they only bloom once a year, so there is little food for bumblebees to eat the rest of the time. Bumblebees also need undisturbed ground or trees for nests, and there is little of that.

"It's kind of ironic that the place where we need them most to pollinate fruits and vegetables, that's where we don't have them any longer," Kremen said."

Leica D-Lux4
ISO 200
f5
1/500
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  • Great 
  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-09-24 15:41]

Hi Bob,beautiful composition! You manage very well the light for this very perfect white! Good sharpness and colors too,my best compliments,have a nice day,LUCIANO

hello Bob

by the fine POV, superb focus great sharpness
and details this is an excellent close up photo,
and by the wonderful colour tones this is a beautiful photo,
you managed superbly your camera to obtain details of the whites,

TFS

Asbed

Hello Bob,

This is an excellent macro with such beautiful colors, sharpness & fine details. Beautiful POV, BG & composition. Great notes & efforts from your side.

very nicely done & TFS.

Best wishes & regards

Umar

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-09-24 17:07]

Hi Bob,

Happily your leg pain is not preventing you from taking beautiful pictures. This little Bumble Bee on the pretty flower is delightful. Colors, details, and composition are wonderful. Of course the uphill walk wasn't too smart! Hey, we wish for 85 degrees - that's cool.

Jane

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  • mamcg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 156 W: 14 N: 41] (2817)
  • [2009-09-24 20:45]

Here is a story about this bumblebee I took today which is from one of my papers...I being a member of the National Press Photographers Association.
It is amazing..

Hello Bob
perfect and elegant capture with beautiful white flower and bumblebee. Fine details, focusing and white balance.
Livio

Ciao Bob, lovely busy beee on a beautiful flower, fantastic detailed white corol, splendid sharpness and wonderful light, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

An astonishing shot, Bob!
Really superb from any perspective!
Bravo!
Goldy

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  • tuslaw Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 511 W: 20 N: 1392] (4861)
  • [2009-09-25 18:33]

Hello Bob,
A real beauty of a shot, crisp and very detailed with gorgeous coloration. White is always hard for me to get the right amount of exposure, but you did a great job!! Very informative notes also!! TFS.
Ron

hello bob,
nice to see your shot after a long time, you have managed the exposure quite well here, liked the composition and the point of view.
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Bob,
This statement: "..."It's kind of ironic that the place where we need them most to pollinate fruits and vegetables, that's where we don't have them any longer," Kremen said.", is quite ligitimate.
We are slowly but surely killing ourselves in the process; nothing to do with old age. (70's and or 80's) Our ancestors lived to 600 or even to 900 years... why not now...???... POLLUTION my friend.
Lovely image... great story... hope your collection goes to 7 figures!!!
Regards from Mario.

Hi Bob,

The close-up view is showing with precision the details and colors of the bumble bee and of the flower. The subject is well framed. The surrounding light is enhancing the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Hi Bob.

This is such a nice shot with the white petals shielding the stamens and the bee gracefully. Your hand-hold skill is respectable as the result proved to be top class here.

Thanks for sharing and best regards.
Jusni

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3821 W: 190 N: 11376] (35063)
  • [2009-10-15 0:54]

A fine close-up of a bumblebee on this Cosmos flower that provides a fine BG, well exposed. Your Leica and the way you use it result in an excellent technical standard and the composition is just right here.
Hope you get your electric wheels soon Bob!
All the best,
Ivan

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