A selection from my little pond

[Housey]

My pond's first year - in the summer it became popular as a drinking hole.
All photos taken on a Canon 550D with an EFS 15-85mm II USM Lens



Bee
1/125sec @ f14 ISO 400 FL 85mm



Bee
1/160sec @ f10 ISO 400 FL 85mm



Don't know what this is.
1/125sec @ f14 ISO 200 FL 80mm



Wasp
1/160sec @ f14 ISO250 FL 85mm



Backswimmer
1/160sec @ f10 ISO160 FL 85mm

Kevin

[tesarver]

Re: A selection from my little pond

on the series Kevin.

Tom

[kiwigav]

Re: A selection from my little pond

Hope to have a pond next year and be very happy if I get the wildlife and shots you have!

[DeeGee]

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[Housey]

Re: A selection from my little pond

Hope to have a pond next year and be very happy if I get the wildlife and shots you have!

Thanks for the kind words.
I was really surprised just how quickly nature moved in, particularly the backswimmers. They started to arrive within a week of the pond being filled. Good luck with your pond next year.

[pelliott1954]

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Some good shots there, I will have to check out my pond a bit closer next summer!!

Regards Paul

[Hereford_EOS]

Re: A selection from my little pond

A great series and a good advert for the EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens, nice and sharp

[Housey]

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Thanks Stephen.
I am generally pleased with this lens. I wanted a good walk-around lens but something better than the kit lens. The EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS fitted the bill. It also allows me crop more closely without too much loss of image quality. My only complaint is that, in the hand, it doesn't feel quality.

[David Morison]

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Only just joined so I have just catching up with threads. A nice set of images with perfect lighting. # 4 is not a wasp I think but a "Cuckoo Bee". Just goes to show we shouldn't kill Wasps as not only are they important insects but we might be killing a Bee.

David