One last shot of the lily before all was lost.

An early morning walk around a Pollinator plot near Elkhart Iowa

Swallowtail Butterfly and a bumble bee enjoying a midday meal of nectar from these cone flowers.

A crab spider waiting for any unwary insects landing on this chicory flower. Photographed at Glyfada, Athens.

Chased some pollinators around this afternoon at the Knoxville Botanical Garden.

Sustainability vs. wastefulness

Nikon D300

Micro Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 Ais

PK-13

Helicon

at the Arboretum

early morning pollinators are lining-up to complete their mission of collecting the golden pollen from these saguaro cactus flowers.

these are the first ever buds and flowers produced by this "young" 15' high saguaro cactus.

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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ

Macro Shot with Flash

Photobombed by a plantbug too (bot right corner).

Thought I'd try a pink background just for something different :P

Minolta XM, Voigtlander Ultron 40mm F2 SL Aspherical, Rollei Retro 400S, (40) Spur Acurol N, 13min. 30 sec.

Pollinated with P.spec. Utinga

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Part of the Teaching Garden at Wisley, made especially for pollinators. RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, UK.

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Gamex2try - 2020-12-15

15Challenges - Subject on the left - 2021-09-19

Pollination

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Pollinating

my film about honeybees, bumblebees and other pollinators:

youtu.be/lOkQIrrT3Cw

A tiny honey bee on a large teasel head...after they sip the nectar from the cone shaped petal they pull it out of the teasel head and drop it!

Pentax MX

Pentax SMC-M 1/1.4 50mm

Rollei RPX 100 Asa

R09 - One Shot (Rodinal) @ 20 celcius

1/50 18 minutes

Scanned on Epson V750 Pro gray 16 bits Tiff @ 6400 dpi

Photoshop CS6 Portable to clean the dust and give a lil more contrast.

Bumblebee