Canon PowerShot SD700 IS
ƒ/2.8
5.8 mm
1/640
Bumble bee in Spring
10 responses to “Flight of Fancy”
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beautiful. i love them. i’m worried about our bees over here – if it isn’t the Varroa destructor mite, it’s something else :
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Picking up on Biotron’s comment – Sudden Colony Collapse (SCC) is a big threat currently in the US as well.
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hmmm….. with catastophic collapse, I’d suspect a differential immunity problem, which may or may not have human origins.
Rocketeer: only from a distance. We’re entering the hot months after all… =) A few years ago, my folks gave me a couple of Texas bluebonnet paintings from Pastor Slaughter, and this patch of wild flowers in the magic light reminded me of them.
Thanks y’all…. for the nice tags too. The focus was hard to lock on with a pocket camera (no sports AI mode).
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Steve, sometimes the quality of the photograph is not what counts the most. It is often the essence of the gesture of spontaneously capturing a special moment, whether it is a couple about to get married, a sunset, a moment of fresh innocent, a bumble bee (un bourdon) flying amongst the flowers, that is most appreciated by many of us. We are not all trying to impress others, to compete or to get on Explore. Some of us just want to share the beauty of the world or many times the magic that the universe offers us. Most often, you show us glimpses of the mysteries of the world but you also now and then show us its beauty and magic. There are always surprises here. Even when the photos are taken with a pocket camera, it is better than not having any photo at all. :-))
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