Tiny Bee

This is the smallest bee I have ever photographed. I found it sitting on a bramble leaf at Blashford Lakes nature reserve.

This first one I think resembles an alien and is take at 1x Magnification on the Canon MPE.

A side view

Some head on shots

And finally the largest magnifcation shot of it at about 3x Magnification

Map of Location

Ellingham Drove, Ellingham, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 3, UK

I've been taking macro photography from 2004. I use both Canon film and digital cameras.