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…
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
The Australian National Botanic Gardens in ACT, offers a great opportunity to get up close with some of Australia’s Lizards, hundreds of
On my first visit to the National Botanic Gardens I tried to capture the bees in these pink flowered trees, and it
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
With a new Tamron 150-500mm lens in tow, I decided another visit to Tarogna Zoo was needed to further test it out,
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