Tag: bee
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The Bees of Red Hill Peony Estate
I am always fascinated by bees. I think many of us are! Of course, maybe not if you’re allergic or have been stung by one. These little beauties were happily mesmerised by the flowers in the sunshine, not caring about me in the slightest. I took a lot of photos, generally at around 1/1,600th of…
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Busy-ness.
I happened upon this interesting little plant, perhaps a member of the Callistemon family? Such interesting details in this plant. But then I spotted a busy little bee at work. They aren’t super-sharp shots, I was just at 1/200s, but I like them anyway. Here are a few more shots of the plant, which incidentally…
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More Bee Photos
The title says it all really. I love photographing bees. Although the dead ones are much better behaved 😜 Technically this should be part of my Macro Garden Series, but it’s bees, so…. I’m also linking it here to Jude’s March Garden Challenge, where she’s looking for wildlife in the garden. Take a look at…
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iPhriday – Bee Cool Baby
Just a quick iPhone snap when I was walking Miss Gidget one morning this week. We were in a hurry and I usually don’t take my phone – too many things to juggle. But I saw this bee, and I have a bit of a thing for bees, so there I was, one hand holding…
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Bee Detailed.
I posted some macro shots of a bee that I found recently. I went back to take another look at the photos and went through the ones that I had not yet edited and decided to crop in and take a look at the detail that I was able to capture. I think he’s actually…
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Of Wasps and Bees
I found this little guy on my windowsill and transferred him to my white side table. A simple process you might think, but I refused to touch it and was too lazy to get up so I used my lens cap instead. Which wasn’t really appropriate but it worked eventually. I thought it was a…
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Bee With Me (Rehab16)
I don’t know how I’ve ended up with so many animal photos 🙂 I love macro photography, so when I went in to the kitchen to do the dishes this morning and I saw this poor little guy on his last legs, I took the opportunity to take some shots of him. There is one…
Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist 