| Keywords: zerene stacker zerenestacker stackshot geological survey geologicalsurvey united states geological survey unitedstatesgeologicalsurvey department of the interior departmentoftheinterior droege biml bee inventory and monitoring laboratory beeinventoryandmonitoringlaboratory canon close-up closeup macro insect bug patuxent wildlife research center patuxentwildliferesearchcenter pwrc usgs dofstacking stacking bee bees apoidea hymenoptera taxonomy:binomial=agapostemon virescens taxonomy:binomial=agapostemonvirescens halictidae green metallica metallic animal photo border texture black background More Green Bees.  This is a common one, one of the commonest summer bees in the East.  Agapostemon virescens.  The females have a black abdomen unlike the other female Agapostemons in the East which are bright green all round.  This one was caught in Caroline County in Maryland.  Picture by Amanda Robinson.                  ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~  All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.  Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens,  Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler,  F5.0,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200   Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know          " Ode on a Grecian Urn"                        John Keats   You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML     Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:  Art Photo Book:  Bees:  An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...  Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY  USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique:  Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4  PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf  Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU  Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/  Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840  More Green Bees.  This is a common one, one of the commonest summer bees in the East.  Agapostemon virescens.  The females have a black abdomen unlike the other female Agapostemons in the East which are bright green all round.  This one was caught in Caroline County in Maryland.  Picture by Amanda Robinson.                  ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~  All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.  Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens,  Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler,  F5.0,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200   Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know          " Ode on a Grecian Urn"                        John Keats   You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML     Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:  Art Photo Book:  Bees:  An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...  Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY  USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique:  Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4  PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf  Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU  Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/  Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840 |