On my first visit to the National Botanic Gardens I tried to capture the bees in these pink flowered trees, and it was a miserable failure. I used the lens wide open at f2.8 which resulted in no depth of field and mostly blurry bees.
The second visit I stopped down to around f8 which proved to be the best balance between depth of field and shutter speed to freeze these guys. It is without a doubt one of the most challenging subjects to photograph as they are constantly moving.
It is perhaps smarter to use a tripod, with the camera focused on a single section of the bush, and waiting for a bee to land on that section. A test of patience for sure, but one that may just result in some excellent images. There is always next time…
The intention was a family holiday to take a break from the recent heavy workload, and take some holiday snaps along the
During my road trip from Sydney to Broome in Australia, I encountered a captivating sight of numerous birds soaring near the roadside.
On a visit to the famous El Questro in The Kimberley region of Western Australia, every evening there would be some rather
Without even planning a photo shoot, a mate and I on a casual day out ended up in the southern part of
On a very long road trip from Sydney to the other side of Australia, Broome in Western Australia, I stopped at Cunnamulla
I have always wanted to photograph a rusty truck laying on a farmers land somewhere, but I was not expecting to find
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