Posted by Anne (White Rock, Canada) on 19 May 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
The bees are busy around this rhododendron collecting nectar!
Thank you a bunch for visiting while I have been absent again! I will try to get around everyone, but probably not today! Have to go out for dinner in the mid afternoon - so won't be home until bed-time! Appreciate all your comments so much! :-)
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Superb macro shot. The colours and the lighting are fantastic! Well done.
19 May 2008 4:12pm
@standley: Thank you Standley! Appreciate your visit
Beautifully captured, Anne! Great details!
19 May 2008 7:56pm
@amy: Thanks Amy! Had many tries they were constantly on the move!
Gorgeous, Anne. I never have any luck with Bees.
19 May 2008 11:03pm
@Michael Rawluk: Thanks Michael! I had a lot of shots that were all blurred! My macro is also a 70-300 mm zoom and I am not good at holding it steady without a tripod unless I am in very bright light - can't get enough shutter speed up. I couldn't have followed these bees around the rhododendron with a tripod anyway. As soon as they alighted, they disappeared inside a flower. Good thing there were lots of them! :-)
Wow, incredible capture! I love the detail and the colors.
20 May 2008 1:01am
@e.: Thanks e. They are hard to capture cos they never keep still!
Love the velvety feeling and all the wonderful colours!
20 May 2008 2:51am
@ManuelaR: Thank you Manuela for visiting!
The colors are pleasing and very gentle.
20 May 2008 6:59am
@Michael Skorulski: Thank you for your visit and comments Michael! Hey! Your country says you are from Hong Kong?? Had one from Amy in Canada, one day recently, which said she lived in Afghanistan! She swears she didn't change the country in the message window! lol!
Very nicely done. It is a gentle image.
21 May 2008 10:05am
@Laurie: Thanks Laurie! Yes! It is rather soft! I think that is because my macro is quite a long zoom and this bee wasn't in the brightest part of the rhododendron bush - want to buy a shorter macro soon! :-)
Thats a sweet little bee, nice shot.
21 May 2008 5:26pm
@Richard_Irwin: Hi Richard, thank you! There was I chasing all the bees around the rhododendron tree - and they wouldn't stay still for a 200th of a second. I have to get a shorter macro lens. This one is 70-300 mm. And it was a devil of a job trying to get enough shutter speed up to avoid camera shake. It's definitely a bright light or tripod lens. But, it was a Christmas gift and I can't look a gift horse in the mouth! lol
Yoo hoo..it's Billy...hey Annepal..see, I'm still about..it feels like an eternity since I last visited your p/blog,pal..nice to "see" you m'lady.... I see you've named this great shot after yourself.*-))..I luvs the light through the flowers.. I've also been a busy boy lately,and have been setting up a diverse website ,using a pseudonym of mine,I'll post you a link when it's up and running correctly.. I've done a major backtrack through your site and found this beauty:- http://annesgallery.aminus3.com/image/2008-05-08.html The focus and detail are superb ... ciao for now.. Billywelshboyo..
21 May 2008 5:31pm
@bronzebilly u.k.: Sorry to be so late with the thanks! I am posting pretty erratically myself! In fact I almost didn't thank you Billy Boy, was just going to stick with posting to a few of the pals. It's old age - yer know - can't do six things at once as well as I used to! Glad you like the dickie birds! I put up another shot of them Chickadees (plural) Through My Window. I'll go check and see if you have posted another one after this!
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