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Published: 2016-11-11 08:17:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 2100; Favourites: 88; Downloads: 0
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Male of Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietina.Technique: It was a cool day (18C) with partly cloudy skies and intermittent light showers -perfect weather to go looking for solitary bees since they'll have a tough time keeping their metabolism up. I got lucky and found this Mason bee semi-dormant in my Lavender. This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 3x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering).
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It would be pretty sad to be a bee with hay fever.
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I really hope bee eyes aren't as sensitive as our own, I'd hate to be unable to blink and have all that pollen on them X_X
Lovely photo anyhow Dalan, great work ^^
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