Andrena distans, F, Face, VA, Gales County 2014-01-23-16.29 (42246642664)

Andrena distans...this girl has been dipping into the wild geranium pollen to feed her babies. Photograph by Dejen Mengis.
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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

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Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:http://www.extreme-macro.co.uk" www.extreme-macro.co.uk/</a>
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World:
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Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland: http://bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf" bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf</a>
Basic USGSBIML set up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY" www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY</a>
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4</a>
Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
https://usgsbiml/collections">usgsbiml/collections</a>
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:
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or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU" www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU</a>
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
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Contact information:
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