In addition to my Sigma 100-400mm lens, I've also recently bought a Sigma macro 105mm lens. As I've never had a true macro before, I've done a lot of practice with it. Flowers got quite easy fast, but now I've been practicing with bumblebees!
I spent a few hours crawling in the woods, trying to find bumblebees in the bilberry flowers. After a ton of failures, I've hand picked some of my favorite photos. To make sure this is not only bumblebees, I've added some moss and flowers in between.
Bzz
Not bzz
Not bzz
Bzz
Bzz with a lot of pollen in the butt
Bzz
Bzz
Not bzz
Bzz
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The bumblebee says goodbye!
Few comments about macro photography and bumblebees:
Even though the lens can go to f/2.8, this is not optimal for macro photography due to the extremely shallow depth of field.
Flowers and leaves might seem easy, but even a small gust of wind will move them out from focus.
Bumblebees are slow, but they're really fast for a camera. They move very quickly out of the focus and chasing them is hard work.
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