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dalantech — Miner Bee Head On at 3x
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Published: 2008-05-14 09:27:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 3999; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 2
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Shot at three times life size with a Canon MPE-65mm macro lens.Related content
Comments: 29
Incredible macro. The detail is impressive. Bees are so fascinating.
Nice one.
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Fantastic shot i love it!! the detail is so amazing!!
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Oh wow, it seems he's looking right at you! 
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He's actually a little bent that I'm so close
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You caught him stuffing his face on the job, it seems!
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Awesome colors! I was wondering if you use a tripod for your macro shots or do you shoot handheld? I find a tripod is very troublesome for macro but if you do use a tripod, I'd like to hear how you utilize it.
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Thanks
No tripod -I took the training wheels off of my camera a long time ago...
Tripods are too slow for the subjects that I shoot -a lot of my images are taken in the heat of the day when the critters are hyper active. The few exceptions are the Miner Bees and some of the life size and higher magnification shots I've taken of butterflies.
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how do i stop downloads on all my pics?do i have to do it 1 by 1?also check your flickr account..i pmed u
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Edit the deviation and there should be a check box for "Allow Download" -uncheck it. When you push images up after they transfer to the server and the processing is finished you'll see a drop down box where you can choose what size the full size view will be (also their when you edit a photo) and the checkbox for "Allow Download".
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i just had to do every pic..took me about 10 mins..all done now..
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Great shot mate!
I wondered about a thing, how do you measure with what factor you made the photo? As it says 3x life-size, some settings on your lens/camera? Or just a guess
Also wondering if you change any colour/brightness/contrast settings. As the colour of the eyes looks great metal alike.
They turn out more black/brown/grey on mine.
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The MPE-65mm macro lens has magnification marks on the barrel that tell you what the magnification is.
I do adjust levels and white balance in post -but the final image is very close to what I saw in the view finder.
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love this shot..shame i can only see it at 600x 400 Grrrrrrr
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I changed it to display at 1280 wide -and I disabled the download...
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ok well done..
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Download it, there is more bee than I have screen for. The detail is unbelievable!
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Didn't mean to allow downloads on that one -fixed now. Please do not post the copy that you downloaded anywhere on the web.
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No danger of that. I wouldn't be able to find anything to edit on it.
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