One of the southern Svastra species. Big Bee, uncommon and probably restricted to areas of relatively intact native flora, which are getting to be harder and harder to find. The specimen is from the Flatwoods of Georgia in an area maintained as longleaf pine through burning and careful forestry techniques.Collected by Sabrie Breland And photographed by Brooke Alexander.
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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



The grass so little has to do,
A sphere of simple green,
With only butterflies to brood,
And bees to entertain,

- Emily Dickinson



Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:


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

Tags:   BEE bees biml usgs droege svastra aegis taxonomy:binomial=Svastra aegis georgia north america united states USA hymenoptera

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One of the southern Svastra species. Big Bee, uncommon and probably restricted to areas of relatively intact native flora, which are getting to be harder and harder to find. The specimen is from the Flatwoods of Georgia in an area maintained as longleaf pine through burning and careful forestry techniques.Collected by Sabrie Breland And photographed by Brooke Alexander.
~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{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


The grass so little has to do,
A sphere of simple green,
With only butterflies to brood,
And bees to entertain,

- Emily Dickinson


Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:

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

Tags:   Bee bees Svastra Svastra aegis Georgia Flatwoods lonely pine so Georgia Hymenoptera apoidea Droege biml usgsbiml USGS apidae Zerene Stacker Stackshot Patuxent wildlife research Center pwrc

© All Rights Reserved

One of the southern Svastra species. Big Bee, uncommon and probably restricted to areas of relatively intact native flora, which are getting to be harder and harder to find. The specimen is from the Flatwoods of Georgia in an area maintained as longleaf pine through burning and careful forestry techniques.Collected by Sabrie Breland And photographed by Brooke Alexander.
~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{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


The grass so little has to do,
A sphere of simple green,
With only butterflies to brood,
And bees to entertain,

- Emily Dickinson


Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:

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

Tags:   Bee bees Svastra Svastra aegis Georgia Flatwoods lonely pine so Georgia Hymenoptera apoidea Droege biml usgsbiml USGS apidae Zerene Stacker Stackshot Patuxent wildlife research Center pwrc

© All Rights Reserved

One of the southern Svastra species. Big Bee, uncommon and probably restricted to areas of relatively intact native flora, which are getting to be harder and harder to find. The specimen is from the Flatwoods of Georgia in an area maintained as longleaf pine through burning and careful forestry techniques.Collected by Sabrie Breland And photographed by Brooke Alexander.
~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{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


The grass so little has to do,
A sphere of simple green,
With only butterflies to brood,
And bees to entertain,

- Emily Dickinson


Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:

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

Tags:   Bee bees Svastra Svastra aegis Georgia Flatwoods lonely pine so Georgia Hymenoptera apoidea Droege biml usgsbiml USGS apidae Zerene Stacker Stackshot Patuxent wildlife research Center pwrc

© All Rights Reserved