Bee on clover by Peter Bray

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18-FEB-2005

Bee on clover

This bee is foraging for pollen as evidenced by the large
brown pellet of accumulated pollen from visiting many flowers
on its back leg (there will be another one of similar size on
the bee's other back leg). This area of the back leg is called
the "pollen basket" or corbicula.

Sigma SD10 ,Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro
1/200s f/14.0 at 105.0mm iso100 with Flash hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	18-Feb-2005 16:06:18
Make	Sigma
Model	SIGMA SD10
Flash Used	Yes
Focal Length	105 mm
Exposure Time	1/200 sec
Aperture	f/14
ISO Equivalent	100
Exposure Bias	-3.00
White Balance	(-1)
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality	(6)
Exposure Program	manual (1)
Focus Distance

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beeready		23-Aug-2009 17:46
ahh, Gary Hebert, that is not a bag of honey the bee is carrying..... that is pollen my friend.

Guest		27-May-2005 23:14
What a neat macro shot!

Guest		26-May-2005 21:41
Very nice!

Gary Hebert		26-May-2005 13:04
excellent nature macro Peter... that is quite a bag of honey it is carrying... lovely details.

beverley harrison		26-May-2005 11:57
very nice, well done!

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