I got ALL my eyes on you.

[CaraRose]

Think my biggest weakness with macros is always DOF being too shallow.

Does it work with his face partially behind the flowers or not?



All C&C welcome!

[arne saknussen]

I love macro, but it can be so frustrating at times. You got in nice and close with good sharp eyes, but, yes, the petals are in the way. But still a good catch.

[Anbesol]

Yeah, macro + dof = obsessive nightmare! Twisting the image plane just a hair can set off the dof so much too. But, yes - I think his head behind the flowers does hurt the shot quite a bit. Very good otherwise, in fact the dof is virtually perfect here.

[armando_m]

is it a bee ?

love to discover things in the macros that are otherwise not visible to the naked eye,
I would have been great without the petals, otherwise it is great as is,

never knew a "bee" had so many eyes

[daq7]

Cara, I f****** loathe spiders, but this is an awesome shot. Uhm, but no, that is a bee or a wasp, right?

[CaraRose]

Thanks everyone. Wishing I had his head up over the flowers, but oh well.

Cara, I f****** loathe spiders, but this is an awesome shot. Uhm, but no, that is a bee or a wasp, right?

Thanks Daq I'm actually a total bug-phobe. Bees are some of the few I don't completely loath. Spiders totally freak me out and I still shoot them, just not get too close. House centipedes make me scream and run out of the room... never going to be able to shoot those.

Yep, it's a bee. Wool Carder Bee... I believe this was a male. I posted some mating shots on here before. They're a very small solitary leaf-cutter bee. They really like the sedum in the backyard, so they're readily available for macro practice.

Armando-- bees have two compound eyes and three primitive eyes. The three simple ones are on the top of the head are easy to miss unless you have a very close look.

[daq7]

Man, get a shot of a spider like that. This is a very cool macro shot.

[CaraRose]

Man, get a shot of a spider like that. This is a very cool macro shot.

Not nearly as sharp, but...

[CaraRose]

Another spider for daq. Still not sharp as my bee though.

[CLKunst]

Cute pair of Daring Jumping Spiders Cara! I love those little guys, they're so silly and tough looking all at the same time.