Honey Bee

[Atul Sinai]

Hi guys,

Need more details about the ID of this bee. Light was not great. Got this shot on Chorao island along the coast of river mandovi, Goa.

Canon 600D. 55-250mm
Manual Exposure
Evaluative meteting
Shutter Speed 1/500
Aperture 6.3
ISO 200
Focal Length 250mm handneld
Cropped by 36%

Please critique.

Regards,
Atul

[Mrudul Godbole]

The composition is nice. Some more space all around would have been good. You could have increased the ISO further for a narrower aperture. Thanks for sharing.

[Atul Sinai]

Hi Mrudul,

As it is a crop I have some space all around in the original image, but croped it tight as I wanted to get a closer look at the details. Agree with you, probably some more space all around would have given a bit more depth to the composition. Will fix that.

I was a bit concerned about the noise, hence kept it at ISO 200.

Thanks for the advice.

Regards,
Atul

[Mrudul Godbole]

I was a bit concerned about the noise, hence kept it at ISO 200.

I think you can increase the ISO safely till 400, without worrying about the noise. After ISO 400, noise can be a issue.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Hi Atul,
This is a wasp, not a bee. Will get back to you with a more detailed ID if I can get it. Agree with Mrudul about the space. Nice details.
TFS

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks Abhishek.

Regards,
Atul