View allAll Photos Tagged bees
The birds and the bees are busy. I chose two photos this week showing how busy they were. It was very hard to choose this week as there are hundreds of signs of spring. I have posted several others as well. HAPPY SPRING! I was extremely close...with a 100mm macro lens.
A bee collects pollen in the warm afternoon sun. I don't usually crop my photos, but I wanted to focus on the bee for this one. Taken in Jackson Park, Chicago.
The flowers were alive with bees this afternoon. The bees focused on these "zdravets" flowers. The name in Bulgarian means "health" - a good prospect for the honey they will soon produce.
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!
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!!
Honey bee visiting some flowers on a windy Sunday afternoon. Chased this bee all around and only came up with two decent shots. This one missed critical focus by a hair, but don't think you can tell unless you view large.
canon 7D, mp-e 65, diffused 580ex