Comments on: Bumblebee http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/ A daily photographic look at the world of insects, spiders, creepies, crawlies and critters. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:32:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Insect Picture of the Day » Hoverfly http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-921 Insect Picture of the Day » Hoverfly Tue, 13 May 2008 13:03:29 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-921 [...] by Jeremiah’s in-air bee shot, Andrew Lin went out to his garden and stalked this red hoverfly. It took multiple attempts on [...] [...] by Jeremiah’s in-air bee shot, Andrew Lin went out to his garden and stalked this red hoverfly. It took multiple attempts on [...]

]]> By: Randy Tayler http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-838 Randy Tayler Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:55:40 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-838 Didn't his mother ever tell him not to walk barefoot on bees?! I swear, you should need a license to be a parent. Didn’t his mother ever tell him not to walk barefoot on bees?!

I swear, you should need a license to be a parent.

]]> By: JFargo http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-836 JFargo Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:36:46 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-836 Scott, Tiogshi knows more than I do about what I did to take this picture. Heh. I have a simple Panasonic point-and-click kind of camera. I mean, there are a few settings, and I play around with them, but it's definitely nothing high tech. Thanks for putting the picture up there, David! I was really excited when I saw that I finally got one in flight. Scott,

Tiogshi knows more than I do about what I did to take this picture. Heh. I have a simple Panasonic point-and-click kind of camera. I mean, there are a few settings, and I play around with them, but it’s definitely nothing high tech.

Thanks for putting the picture up there, David! I was really excited when I saw that I finally got one in flight.

]]> By: David Brady http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-835 David Brady Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:53:27 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-835 I do the initial crop in the GIMP because it requires human eyeballing to composite the picture. After that, I use a custom toolchain I wrote using ImageMagick to resize to all of the image sizes (portrait, big and thumbnail) and affix logos to all but the thumbnail. I switched to a Mac 6 months ago, but I brought all my Linux tools with me. :-) I do the initial crop in the GIMP because it requires human eyeballing to composite the picture. After that, I use a custom toolchain I wrote using ImageMagick to resize to all of the image sizes (portrait, big and thumbnail) and affix logos to all but the thumbnail.

I switched to a Mac 6 months ago, but I brought all my Linux tools with me. :-)

]]> By: Tiogshi Laj http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-834 Tiogshi Laj Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:47:10 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-834 Oh, and EXIF also tells me that Dave uses The GIMP, not an Adobe or Corel product, to resize, crop, and affix the logo. Oh, and EXIF also tells me that Dave uses The GIMP, not an Adobe or Corel product, to resize, crop, and affix the logo.

]]> By: Tiogshi Laj http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-833 Tiogshi Laj Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:45:27 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-833 EXIF tag on the photo says it was a 1/100th shutter speed, ISO 80, F2.8, max aperature F2.83, 6.1mm focal distance, and no flash. EXIF is a great thing. Grab the EXIF Viewer plug-in for Firefox, and you can get all the EXIF data out of any EXIF-containing image format right in your browser. EXIF tag on the photo says it was a 1/100th shutter speed, ISO 80, F2.8, max aperature F2.83, 6.1mm focal distance, and no flash.

EXIF is a great thing. Grab the EXIF Viewer plug-in for Firefox, and you can get all the EXIF data out of any EXIF-containing image format right in your browser.

]]> By: Scott http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-832 Scott Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:07:07 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/04/30/bumblebee-2/#comment-832 That's fantastic! Any info on what settings his camera was set on to get that? (Shutter Speed and that kind of stuff?) That’s fantastic! Any info on what settings his camera was set on to get that? (Shutter Speed and that kind of stuff?)

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