Another double photo challenge with photos of bees taken on the weekend.
First we have the Weekly Prompts Photo Challenge: Close
and there is Sunshine’s Macro Monday
I must start of mentioning Sue from Nan’s farm who I have had a conversation or two about macro photography. Sue is also one of the hosts of the Weekly Prompts. Sue gave me a mention in her post on Close which did inspire me to get a couple of bee photos. Have a look what Sue said on her Nan’s Farm Close post.
OK, lets get a bit close with some Bees which also follows my theme so far for Sunshine’s Macro Monday.
The Rocket flowers at my besties has been a magnet for the bees over the past few weeks
Not only honey bees but the tiny Stingless Native Bees as well
It is always a challenge to get some bee flying action. Patience and a steady gaze on the bees and the flowers and shoot.
All of the photos were taken sitting in the chair having morning tea in the garden. I used the telephoto function of my Canon PowerShot SX70HS set on Auto. A bit of cropping using Corel PaintShop Pro 2019
Wonderful patience, rewarded with fabulous photos
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Thank you Ivor 🙂
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Glad you are continuing your bee series. Nicely done. 😊
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Thank you Irene 🙂
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Firstly, thank you for your assistance and secondly, thank you so much for the link to Nan’s Farm and for your kind words. Thanks also for joining in with our challenge at Weekly Prompts.
Back to you – Did you anaesthetised them first? 😀 Bees take one at me and then they’re off. Seriously though, these are wonderful macro shots, not surprising given who the photographer is.
Thank you, Brian, 🙂
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You are quite welcome Sue 🙂 Thanks to the bees who were around in numbers feeding on the Rocket flowers but thankfully didn’t make them rocket 😀
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When our weather improves I will have another attempt and hopefully before Autumn well and truly sets in.
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Good idea 🙂
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That close up of the bee in mid air is wonderful.
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Thank you Lisa 🙂
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Lovely pics! I’ve noticed bees dislike the iPhone being close by.
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Thank you Dawn. I guess it may be the size of the phone that frigtens
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I also wondered whether it was frequency, too.
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That’s possible
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I never like to get too close to a bee, Brian. They make me nervous. Cropping sounds fine to me, as I munch on a few cashews and watch tennis. 🙂 🙂
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You would love the tiny stingless bees or the blue-banded bees Jo as they don’t sting. Don’t have too many cashews and enjoy the tennis 🙂 🙂
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How cool that these were captured while Having tea-
And lovely shots (flexing some muscle today bb)
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Thanks Yvette 😀
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I love taking be photos!! I’m still perfecting my skills, but they are so awesome and beautiful! Some bugs are kind of creepy, bees are amazing! I love the bottom photo! ❤
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Thank you. Bees are quite a challenge
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