Where the nectar is - a photo on Flickriver

            I drove out to the Gilbert Riparian Preserve late one Sunday afternoon, hoping for some good pictures, preferably of hummingbirds. I didn't get any of those, but I did find some bees at work and snapped away at them for perhaps 15 minutes. This one emerged as perhaps my best shot of the day, when I caught three of them converging on one flower. 

This is not a true macro, as it was shot with my AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D lens, which I use mainly for portraits and dance photography. I brought it with me on this occasion because it was the fastest short telephoto lens I had. Its minimum focusing distance is 3 ft., so I got as close to the bees as I could when I took the pictures.

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Taken on: February 22, 2009

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Camera: Nikon D50, f/2.8, 1/800 sec, 85mm (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D50
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	85mm
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
Light Source:	Cloudy
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 Windows
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