| Keywords: bee bees insect nest parasites nestparasites cleptoparasite hancock county hancockcounty acadia national park acadianationalpark national park service nationalparkservice nps usgs sam droege samdroege droege emil coelioxys modesta coelioxysmodesta taxonomy: binomial = coelioxys modesta taxonomybinomialcoelioxysmodesta megachilidae hymenoptera beauty dark flying shape body maine mount desert island mountdesertisland coastal fauna animal black background photo border From Acadia National Park, comes a nest parasites of Megachilidae. Picture taken by Haegan Ahmed and Photoshop by Dejen Mengis.                    ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{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,  F5.0,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200    Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know          " Ode on a Grecian Urn"                        John Keats    You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML     Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:   Art Photo Book:  Bees:  An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...   Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY   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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4   PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf   Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU   Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/   Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840  From Acadia National Park, comes a nest parasites of Megachilidae. Picture taken by Haegan Ahmed and Photoshop by Dejen Mengis.                    ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{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,  F5.0,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200    Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know          " Ode on a Grecian Urn"                        John Keats    You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML     Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:   Art Photo Book:  Bees:  An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...   Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY   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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4   PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf   Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU   Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/   Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840 |