Bumblebee (?) portrait and others; now with actual images!

Thagomizer · Post by **Thagomizer** » Fri May 08, 2020 3:30 pm

Some items from my archives. All single shots, handheld, taken with a reversed 18-55 kit lens.

A bumblebee. I think.

Playing peekaboo with a leafhopper:

Sweat bee:

Katydid:

MarkSturtevant · Post by **MarkSturtevant** » Fri May 08, 2020 9:43 pm

All very good!

Thagomizer · Post by **Thagomizer** » Fri May 08, 2020 10:10 pm

MarkSturtevant wrote:All very good!

Thanks! It's a challenging lens to use reversed, but when it works, the results are worth the challenge.

Thagomizer · Post by **Thagomizer** » Fri May 08, 2020 10:10 pm

Ooops. Accidentally double posted. I've removed the duplicate.

AlxndrBrg · Post by **AlxndrBrg** » Tue May 12, 2020 8:06 am

Nice, the bee is not a bumble one, but likely a species of Andrena
/A

Thagomizer · Post by **Thagomizer** » Tue May 12, 2020 9:50 am

AlxndrBrg wrote:Nice, the bee is not a bumble one, but likely a species of Andrena
/A

I figure I'm lucky enough to get the "bee" part right!