Monday 14 July 2008

Bee-n Waiting

The sun finally made an appearance, nature burst into life for a few hours and I got my photo. I'd been wanting to get a photo like this for a while and at last my camera, a flower and a bee all met up! This big bumble bee was busy collecting pollen from a delphinium. The rain stopped and my wait was worth it. I hope the bee felt the same.

15 comments:

brian stout said...

this is an AMAZING shot marley! i love the blue and yellow colors in this!

Janet Kincaid said...

WOW! That is a GREAT shot! Congratulations on all the elements coming together to give you this wonderful opportunity. Very, very well done, Marley!

Jane Hards Photography said...

Perfect synergy. It truly is a tremendous photograph. I would have been so proud to have taken this. The blend of colours and the clarity is superb. Extremely well done. Swing that arme round and give yourself a pat on the back.

Jim Klenke said...

Great picture, I love the color of the flower along with the detail of the bee.

MJ said...

Beautiful shot!!

Love how the blue and yellow contrast each other but still make the photo look oustanding.

magiceye said...

brilliant colors and capture!

Hilda said...

This is a wonderful shot! The colors are lovely!

Really, I've never seen bumble bees here in Manila. Just the little brown ones. I wonder why.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations. A nice macro shot. You got the bee's fur coat too.

He is after nectar in the flower and not pollen. And the other thing I noticed right away is that your bumblebees are different in color but close to our golden bumblebee in color.

I really like these guys and photograph them and their various size cousins almost every day.

I hope you get some more nice days and some more nice macro shots of your bees.

Anonymous said...

That's a fantastic photo. I'd never be this lucky in a million years!

Lori said...

The definition and the colors in the photo are amazing! Your patience paid off and you got a great shot!

Ming the Merciless said...

That's what we call a serendipidious moment or the trifecta! :-)

Awesome shot.

Chuck Pefley said...

Lovely image, Marley. Now you can say you've Bee-n there and done that :)

Knoxville Girl said...

wow, this is fabulous - the macro is great, but I think the blue/yellow colors are what make it stand out.

Neva said...

What a great shot! I love this....aren't you glad it all came together?...nicely done.

Janet said...

Sensational! The bumblebee really stands out against the blue flower.

Blog Widget by LinkWithin