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The European Wool Carders Bees are back for another season in my Lavender. I thought getting up at 6AM would allow me to have plenty of time to photograph this little guy, but he started to get active as soon as I got close. Only took him a minute or so to get airborne even though the temps were around 19C (~66F).

Tech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -2/3 FEC. This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI and Clarity in that order. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.

Description
The European Wool Carders Bees are back for another season in my Lavender. I thought getting up at 6AM would allow me to have plenty of time to photograph this little guy, but he started to get active as soon as I got close. Only took him a minute or so to get airborne even though the temps were around 19C (~66F).

Tech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -2/3 FEC. This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI and Clarity in that order. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.