Description: From the obscure Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming comes the long-horned bee Melissodes rivalis. This is a male and the group, as a whole, is one of the many confusing bee groups with many tricky to identify members and secret new species to be found. 15:45, 8 July 2016 (UTC)15:45, 8 July 2016 (UTC){{{{{{0}}}}}}15:45, 8 July 2016 (UTC)15:45, 8 July 2016 (UTC) 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. Date: 25 February 2016, 11:25. Source:
Melissodes rivalis,m,face,Lincoln Co, WY_2016-02-25-11.24. Author:
USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
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