| Keywords: bee bees osmia megachilidae hymenoptera blue dark blue darkblue ethereal elegant evil awesome black background blackbackground midnight blue midnightblue osmia albifrons osmiaalbifrons taxonomy: binomial = osmia albifrons taxonomybinomialosmiaalbifrons adirondack mountains adirondackmountains new york newyork bioblitz flying mason bee masonbee beauty lovely perfect sam droege samdroege usgs us geological survey usgeologicalsurvey patuxent life research center patuxentliferesearchcenter patuxent pw rc animal texture photo border outdoor surreal One has to admit, this is a damn awesome bee. I love these colors. The specimen came from the Adirondack Mountains of New York during their BioBlitz 2 years ago. Evocative.                  ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{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  One has to admit, this is a damn awesome bee. I love these colors. The specimen came from the Adirondack Mountains of New York during their BioBlitz 2 years ago. Evocative.                  ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{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 |