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I went looking for wild orchids again today, and spotted one that I didn't dare to look for... bee orchids are always such a treat to find. Although their blossoms look quite noticeable being so small they're easy to miss.
During my recent encounter with these Bee Eater I was fortunately to have many keepers of the fight shots. I shoot these at s1/4000, f4 to 5.6, CAF with Subject detection in Sequential Mode of 25 fps or SH2. Taking off or landing shoots were shot with ProCapture SH2.
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Carpenter Bee. Photographed in Maryland.
A focus stack of 2 photos, shot handheld. Canon 80D, Canon 65mm MPE macro lens, Canon twin macro flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400, flash set 1/32 power.
An edited, photoshopped image here. This is a series of shots of single birds directly overhead. They were quite distant so have all been cropped quite heavily. I have then literally copied and pasted all onto one image. The next problem then was the area around the birds were slightly different, so a sky replacement which then remedied that problem, I think this as come out ok :)
It could be more art than photography. I wasn't successful in getting any other shots. The birds were migrating through so not hanging around for me to get the perfect shot.
This was taken by the Danube, Slovakia.
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A big bee on my agastache today.
Photographed in Maryland.
Canon 80D, Canon MPE lens, Canon twin flash, aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400.
Website rangers WWF The bees help flowers and plants in love. It works like this: a male flower has stamens. There's pollen on it. That looks like yellow powder. A bee dives into the flower in search of nectar. The pollen sticks to its fur. The bee then flies to a female flower for even more nectar. It leaves the pollen on its pistil. You call that pollination. This is how a flower is fertilized and new seeds grow. Without bees and other insects, the love between flowers and plants would go terribly wrong and strawberries, tomatoes, watermelons or apples would no longer grow.
A closer view of a previous upload, of an adorable male leafcutter bee, probably Megachile centuncularis (patchwork leafcutter bee), feeding on the pollen of a calendula flower in my garden last summer. I often saw these males (and female Megachile centuncularis, which are far easier to ID) at these stunning flowers.
Merops Ornatus
male
Bee-eater with a Emerald Dragonfly
I uploaded every 3rd image of the sequence
(2 of 3)
View in 1200x800 for best view
I've finally had the occasion to go hunt the beautifully colored Bee eaters and I gotta say that I was surprised by how easy it was...
From the morning I chased the Monarch flitting through my yard, with particular interest on the Milkweed, of course. They're blooming now, in the dead of winter. Beats me. I'm not sure about the little brown specs - today I realized there are actually seed pods opening, full of silk and seed, and I did note the bees occasionally looking like they were stuck. I thought a spider web, but couldn't see any. Now I'm completely guessing it's the silk from the seed pod and maybe some seeds there on its legs. I could be totally wrong. Check it large...
Did I mention I'm SO glad I added a macro to my camera bag last Spring when that pandemic thing hit and all my nature hangouts closed. Little did I know I'd still be laying low, ten months later. Stay safe out there.
Rainbow Bee-eater
Gluepot Reserve, SA
I watched for a couple of hours as the Bee-eaters skimmed the water in Kangaroo Dam, accompanied by hundreds of Budgerigars and Cockatiels drinking.
Calliopsis Bees inhabit Florida’s sandy habitats, including coastal dunes, grasslands, and open pinewoods. They are active during warm months and are especially common in areas with dense wildflower growth. Their efficient foraging benefits both native and ornamental plants.
They are gentle and non-aggressive, rarely stinging even when disturbed.
ownyardlife.com/35-types-of-bees-in-florida-with-pictures...
The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.
(Elizabeth Lawrence)
Smile on Saturday! :-) - UPSIDE DOWN
(photo by Freya, edit by me)
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Certainly not the best Bee in flight photo ever taken but pretty good for me! LOL I love his pollen laden pantaloons. These Flowers are in the gardens of Chatham Manor. We were there very early in the morning and there was still a heavy dew on most of the flowers. Might explain the sleeping bee I found (see below). I thought it was a fake plastic thing stuck to the flowers of one bush but as I looked very close it slightly moved it's head.
Compositionally Challenged Week 30 - Limited Color Palette
CC Most Versatile - Compositional Overlays (Golden Spiral)
CC Rainbow - Orange
(sorry for so many posted in one day, I'm trying to finish the CC Challenges!)