The Bee

Whilst out taking the Tank and other small bugs at Blashford Lakes – I was fortunate to come across this resting bee at the end of the day.

Lying on the ground, I first took some shots of the bee with nothing in the background to stop the blackness that occurs from my flashgun.

Having got a nice shot of it, plus it staying around I positioned a piece of yellow card in the background to give a coloured background.

The same image I then edited in Adobe Camera Raw with some radial filters to get this result.  The radial filter colouring I saw today on a forum post by Neil Burnell.

With the version above – I also processed it with Topaz Restyle and it’s masking abilities, to give different colours in the background.

Here is another shot I did with the yellow and then Topaz Restyle.

As you can see the bee was starting to waken – which resulted it these two more face than eye orientated shots.

Finally when it moved a bit I replaced the yellow with a pink card for a slightly different look.

These shots were all taken with my Canon 760D – Canon MPE-65mm Macro Lens – Canon Twin Flash – diffused with this setup.