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Harvesting the Prairie Clover
Started July 17, 2010 @ 1:16pm by RickT
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RickT
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| Harvesting the Prairie Clover | July 17, 2010 @ 1:16pm | Prairie clover is in bloom right now, but the flowers typically are hidden by taller grasses. Working them over are the same native bees I caught in the Prickly Poppy (see http://www.tmelive.com/index.php/forum/thread/8272.html). I was hoping for a great picture of the metallic green bees (genus Agapostemon?), but the wind frustrated all my shots this morning. Of the 80 shots I took, I got exactly one that wasn't motion-blurred from wind. This is one of the tiny gray-black native bees (length about 3mm).
Canon EOS 40D, lens Canon 100mm macro, f/11, 1/100sec, ISO 400, distance ~8 inches, handheld, no flash
(The Prairie Clover blossoms are also rather small. The cone section of the one illustrated here was about 1 inch long.)
RickT
Boulder, Colorado
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwteichler/
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Wes
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| July 17, 2010 @ 6:57pm | Awesome colors and detail, Rick. You sure do have steady hands!!
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Bob Dein
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| July 17, 2010 @ 7:47pm | The 80 shots were worth it. Great job.
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Becky
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| July 17, 2010 @ 7:50pm | Beautiful, however you had to get them.
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Trish
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| July 18, 2010 @ 6:46am | 3mm that is tiny! Lovely capture of this very busy worker
Trish
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RickT
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| July 18, 2010 @ 5:38pm | Thanks for the comments, everyone. I was back out this morning looking for another crack at those metallic green bees, with only minor success that I'll post on another thread.
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You sure do have steady hands!!
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Don't I wish, Wes! If I'm taking handheld shots while standing, I have a hard time making that image in the viewfinder quit bouncing. These were handheld in the sense that there was no tripod or stationary support. I was lying on the ground with both elbows planted on terra firma. It would be more accurate to say I've got a steady skeleton. Another position (requiring a little flexibility--but I've heard you do yoga) is: left knee on the ground; right foot flat on the ground, right knee bent at 90 degrees; upper torso bent over so that right rib cage, nearly up to the shoulder, rests on right thigh; try to rest as much weight as I can on that right thigh, so I'm not rocking from muscle movement; hold breath during shots, because breathing and the movement of my ribcage move the focus up and down for these macro shots. Oh, and make sure the left knee isn't kneeling on a cactus. Written, this sounds more complicated than it actually is. I should take a picture of it! For less active subjects, I much prefer a tripod.
RickT
Boulder, Colorado
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwteichler/
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JPetty
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| July 18, 2010 @ 10:22pm |
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Don't I wish, Wes! If I'm taking handheld shots while standing, I have a hard time making that image in the viewfinder quit bouncing. These were handheld in the sense that there was no tripod or stationary support. I was lying on the ground with both elbows planted on terra firma. It would be more accurate to say I've got a steady skeleton. Another position (requiring a little flexibility--but I've heard you do yoga) is: left knee on the ground; right foot flat on the ground, right knee bent at 90 degrees; upper torso bent over so that right rib cage, nearly up to the shoulder, rests on right thigh; try to rest as much weight as I can on that right thigh, so I'm not rocking from muscle movement; hold breath during shots, because breathing and the movement of my ribcage move the focus up and down for these macro shots. Oh, and make sure the left knee isn't kneeling on a cactus. Written, this sounds more complicated than it actually is. I should take a picture of it! For less active subjects, I much prefer a tripod.
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And I'd add to that with a cheap knee pad from the garden center at any place that sells them. Gotta save those knees. 
Great shots of the clover and of the bees. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and sharing your shots with us.
Janet
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Go ahead and play with the images. I would ask that when you post them on other sites (such as Flikr, Photobucket, etc.) that you credit my photography. I would do the same for you! Other than that, I'm E Z T D B W. |
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