<p>The smooth tones of an unexpected composite, Baccharis halimifolia.  Photo taken by Helen Lowe Metzman in Howard County, Maryland.   <b>               00:55, 13 February 2020 (UTC)00:55, 13 February 2020 (UTC){{{{{{0}}}}}}00:55, 13 February 2020 (UTC)00:55, 13 February 2020 (UTC)</b>
</p><p>All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
</p><p><br><b>Photography Information: </b>
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
</p><p>We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
</p><p>We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,    
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
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<pre>       - Oscar Wilde
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You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML
</p><p><b>Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:
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</p><p>Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.extreme-macro.co.uk">http://www.extreme-macro.co.uk</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;www.extreme-macro.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;
</p><p>Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:     
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf">http://bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
</p><p>Basic USGSBIML set up:
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY&lt;/a&gt;
</p><p>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.
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4&lt;/a&gt;
</p><p>Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections">https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections</a>"&gt;www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections&lt;/a&gt;
</p><p>PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:  
<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf">ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf</a>
</p><p>Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo">https://plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo&lt;/a&gt;
or
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU&lt;/a&gt;
</p><p>Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.photomacrography.net/">http://www.photomacrography.net/</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;www.photomacrography.net/&lt;/a&gt;
</p><p><b>Contact information:</b>  
Sam Droege  
sdroege@usgs.gov
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301 497 5840
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2018-10-18 19:11
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