Bees, Dancers and a Moth
Good Friday – reasonably good weather and a day off. Time to try out another home made diffuser ( this one I am calling the plate diffuser ) – more on this and the other diffusers in a dedicated post later.
Took the MPE-65mm out with the diffuser velcro’d on and went to some fields off a river bank near White Mill. These fields at this time of year have a lot of dandelion type flowers, and can be a great place to hunt for solitary bees and other bugs.
Found a few bees, and eventually got one that stayed around a bit on a flower, allowing me to shoot it at around 2x magnification in the following shots.
Solitary Bee cleaning off pollen. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm Macro Lens. ISO 200 F11 1/250. Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Lite, with plate diffuser.
Solitary Bee in Dandelion. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm Macro Lens. ISO 200 F11 1/250. Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Lite, with plate diffuser.
Solitary Bee cleaning itself. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm Macro Lens. ISO 200 F11 1/250. Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Lite, with plate diffuser.
Another interesting insect was a Dance Fly that was also on the flowers – this one patiently allowing some close up shots, this shot is just over 3x Magnification.
Dance Fly at about 3x Magnification on Dandelion. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm Macro Lens. ISO 200 F11 1/250. Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Lite, with plate diffuser.
Finally on a plant there were several of these fly like moths ( as yet unidentified ).
Moth. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm Macro Lens. ISO 200 F11 1/250. Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Lite, with plate diffuser.
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Map of Location
Car park is here - photos taken from fields along the river, just past the Mill.
