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This is one of our favourites parts of the garden full of various types and sizes of rudbeckias, cone flowers, heliopsis, monardas, achillea and other sunloving insect, butterfly and bird attracting flowers. We also get various sunflowers popping up here and there from all those dropped sunflower seeds the birds miss !! In winter we leave all these seedheads to feed our feathered residents, and in summer the mass of flowers keep it full of fat bees like the one above :0)
Mining Bee with golden haired pollen baskets, but no pollen so far. The pov makes this one look a bit bumbly, but I didn't get another shot. Super to see these and sorry to say I am so looking forward to their parasitic Nomadas!
There is a saying in India - that roughly translates to .... "If there is space in your heart, then even nine people can live on a leaf".... i can see where that saying was inspired from.
Shot at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, had gone there to click the grand architecture of the complex - landed up clicking the amazing flora and fauna of the area.
Hope all you guys are clicking like crazy this new year season!
Out practicing some reverse lens macro after a long break!
Amazing how you can lose the knack when you haven't practiced for a while. . .its taken me a week to get back into the swing of focusing, breath holding and exposing phew!!
wasn't happy with my old 28-105mm lens so dug out an old minolta 50mm/f2.8 and wow!! what a difference it made!! Set the aperture on f8
Managed to just catch this bee on my rosemary bush!!
I have been trying to get some close ups of a bee for ages, we just haven't had the sunshine to bring them out, this morning we did have some sun, so I did a little practising....
I think macro photography is one of my favourites....
I love to see the detail that normally we would miss with just our eyes....well with my eyes anyway ;-)
kit lens with 2 +4 macro diopters.