Still learning my way around the EFS60mm Macro

Sunday I took the kids to my dad’s pool to swim and while we were there I noticed (or perhaps it was pointed out to me) all the of the bees flying around the flowers around the pool. I decided to use my macro lens and see what I could capture of the bees flying around. They were mostly cooperative, but occasionally would buzz me and I’d run off like a little baby. I probably should have used a tripod, but I was handholding and standing in the middle of the bushes to get these photos.

The entire set can be viewed here:

Macro Set on Flickr

One thing about this lens is that you can really easily miss focus if the aperture has a narrow DOF… which can work for or against you, depending on how you apply it. I need to get a better idea of what to use where, but that just means I need more time to practice.

This flower caught my eye because of the swirled pattern in the middle of the flower.

This bee was literally covered in pollen, it was all over him. I couldn’t see this when I was taking the picture, but it shows up nicely in the photo.

This bee is digging the pollen out of the flower.

I liked how the focus is right where I wanted it on this picture, with the top and bottom of the flower blurring into the background. It took about 20 shots to get what I was going for.