Half-black bumble bees mating (video and pic)

[Ecooper]

The other day I discovered a pair of half-black bumble bees (Bombus vagans) busily mating on my back deck. Naturally I took photos. But I also shot a video and uploaded it to YouTube. It’s a bit silly, and the staff of National Geographic has no reason to be worried (yet). But it was fun to produce and I learned a lot about video editing. And I am inordinately proud of the opening “macrocritters” graphic I designed!

My latest video attempt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRy84cjGGQMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRy84cjGGQM

Cheers,

EC

More information and photos: http://wp.me/p2wM8r-wt

P9170064 copyright ernie cooper 2013 2 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr

Stills: Olympus OM-D E-M5; Zuiko 60mm micro four thirds macro; manual exposure (F11 @ 1/200 sec); Olympus RF-11 ring flash (1/4-1/2 power); ISO 200

Video: Olympus OM-D E-M5; Zuiko 60mm micro four thirds macro; shutter priority (@ 1/50 sec); ISO 200

 

[Mime454]

I'll be in my bunk.

 

[Termite48]

Nicely done. Who woulda thunk it?

 

[Precarious]

Nice catch!

You'll find lighting is the hardest part about shooting macro video.

 

[Rousher]

Really nice

 

[sally]

That was fascinating