Osmia Californica, f, ca, santa barbara co., face 2015-11-20-18.31 (32092818803)

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Every wonder how to look up the data and distributions of a bee (or other creatures)? Check this out: www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?act=make_map and type in Osmia californica, the species found in this string of male and female shots. You can put in other species, of course, and you can also put in more than one species at once. Or put in just a genus name. Its fast, cool, and you can drill in and even look at the data from the individual points. Who needs YouTube videos or Angry Birds with this. O. californica....a common Osmia or Mason Bee. Check out the midnight blue on the female. Your Prius should look so good. Female photos by Wayne Boo. 18:11, 17 April 2017 (UTC)18:11, 17 April 2017 (UTC){{{{{{0}}}}}}18:11, 17 April 2017 (UTC)18:11, 17 April 2017 (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