David & Goliath

Small bee teasing the Big Carpenter bee

That evening I was trying to take photos of birds collecting building material for their nest from this Crown Flower (Calotropis gigantea) silk. I noticed this Blue Carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) hovering around the flowers. Sun was Harsh and I didn’t have any macro lens around. So I fixed 36 mm Kenko extension tube to my Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM on Canon EOS 5D mark II and tried to shoot closeup shots of this Carpenter bee.

More disturbance by the small bee

Then suddenly I saw a small black bee came and annoyed the carpenter bee so much that it just scooted away.

Carpenter bee accepts defeats and abandons

This reminded me the story of David & Goliath.

EXIF info…
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF400mm f/5.6L USM
Exposure Mode: Auto exposure
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec.
Exposure Bias: 0.0
Aperture (F Stop): f/5.6
ISO Used: 400
Flash Used: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance: As Shot
Focal Length: 400.0 mm
Metering Mode: Pattern
Date Time: 2009:06:21 14:17:21
GPS Location in Google Map:
12° 55' 20.39808" N – 74° 51' 57.0621600622" E
Copyright © Krishna Mohan
All rights Reserved

EXIF info…
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF400mm f/5.6L USM
Exposure Mode: Auto exposure
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec.
Exposure Bias: 0.0
Aperture (F Stop): f/5.6
ISO Used: 400
Flash Used: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance: As Shot
Focal Length: 400.0 mm
Metering Mode: Pattern
Date Time: 2009:06:21 14:17:22
GPS Location in Google Map:
12° 55' 20.39808" N – 74° 51' 57.0621600622" E
Copyright © Krishna Mohan
All rights Reserved

EXIF info…
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF400mm f/5.6L USM
Exposure Mode: Auto exposure
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec.
Exposure Bias: 0.0
Aperture (F Stop): f/5.6
ISO Used: 400
Flash Used: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance: As Shot
Focal Length: 400.0 mm
Metering Mode: Pattern
Date Time: 2009:06:21 14:17:30
GPS Location in Google Map:
12° 55' 20.39808" N – 74° 51' 57.0621600622" E
Copyright © Krishna Mohan
All rights Reserved