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25-JUN-2002

Bee flying, wings blurred 0212 (V34)

This shot was also taken at a shutterspeed of 1/1000th of a second, using 2 300 WS studio strobes. Notice that the wings are completely blurred, suggesting that they traveled through their entire arc during the brief time the shutter was open. You'd THINK 1/1000th of a second would be fast enough to freeze almost any motion, but in this case it didn't even come close!

I don't like this shot technically or aesthetically as much as some of the others, but it's a dramatic illustration.

Nikon D1x ,Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8
1/1000s f/32.0 at 90.0mm. Shot with 2 Elenchrom 300 s studio lights. full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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