Nomia heart antennae, m, 15266b02, face, kenya_2014-08-04-195216 ZS PMax_14922843736_o From Kenya comes yet another Nomia with m


Nomia heart antennae, m, 15266b02, face, kenya_2014-08-04-195216 ZS PMax_14922843736_o From Kenya comes yet another Nomia with modifications to the basic bee format. You can see that like other Nomia this male has expanded leg segments, but the fabulous thing here are the dangling modified heart-shaped last segment of the antenna. Male bee antennae are modified quite frequently in the bee world, but this is one of the more extravagant. Another from the Laurence Packer fab bee lab. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, , ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 The murmuring of bees has ceased; But murmuring of some Posterior, prophetic, Has simultaneous come,-- The lower metres of the year, When nature's laugh is done,-- The Revelations of the book Whose Genesis is June. -Emily Dickinson Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Basic USGSBIML set up: ( ) USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. ( ) PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: ( ) or ( ) Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.


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Photo credit: © Nature Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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