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…
Each year at the start of summer here in Sydney, and in particular on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, suburbs turn
On my first visit to the National Botanic Gardens I tried to capture the bees in these pink flowered trees, and it
In an effort to test out my new Tamron lenses, and irrespective of the fact it was raining and very windy, I
Yabbarra Beach in Narooma, NSW is not a swimming beach , it is far too wild for that. A few surfers brave
The Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula), which is also known as the Yellow-throated Honeyeater, is a medium-sized honeyeater with a length of about
Another year, another visit to Taronga Zoo on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. I am fortunate to live only five minutes away so
