While trying to photograph this male Blue Mason on a Dandelion he crawled onto my finger. After working with a critter for a few minutes they acclimate to me and stop viewing me as a threat. Small solitary bees like this one can feel the heat coming off of my skin and will climb on to get warm. Image taken in Bacoli, Italy in March of 2021.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to around 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC. This is a single, cropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI, Clarity, and Denoise AI in that order. Shutter and ISO set to expose the sky in the background.
Dalantech on February 10th, 2022 at 16:52 UTC »
While trying to photograph this male Blue Mason on a Dandelion he crawled onto my finger. After working with a critter for a few minutes they acclimate to me and stop viewing me as a threat. Small solitary bees like this one can feel the heat coming off of my skin and will climb on to get warm. Image taken in Bacoli, Italy in March of 2021.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to around 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC. This is a single, cropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI, Clarity, and Denoise AI in that order. Shutter and ISO set to expose the sky in the background.
techstar36 on February 10th, 2022 at 18:51 UTC »
The Honey producer, respect.
Droideka33882 on February 10th, 2022 at 18:56 UTC »
I feel like sneezing just by looking at this. Still cute tho!