Bumble bee rescue

Lord Vetinari

I was just started taking some dewdrop refraction shots on the grass when I saw some movement out of the corner of my eye followed by quite a loud thump. A bumble bee fell vertically out of the air onto the grass beside me. Took some shots then encouraged it to walk onto my finger so I could take some shots whilst it warmed up. After a few minutes of this it was able to take off again. Found out one thing - fingers and bumble bees give quite an exposure headache .
Brian V.

rhondavid

WOW, those are incredible shots. Love the water droplets on the eyes and other parts of the bee. The detail is incrediable.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments
Brian v.

GOLDENORFE

good find Brian, its a pain in the butt to get exposures right on thses
phil

cal_gecko

Holy crap! amazing shots! I wouldn't have allowed it on me though, out of fear of being stung!

Lord Vetinari

Thanks Phil and Cal for the comments - appreciated.

Cal - it's actually quite hard to get a bumble bee to sting you - they look ferocious large things but are cuddly little bunnies really.
Brian v.

Grainbelt

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like a buffalo?



Very nice shots.

cal_gecko

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks Phil and Cal for the comments - appreciated.

Cal - it's actually quite hard to get a bumble bee to sting you - they look ferocious large things but are cuddly little bunnies really.
Brian v.

.. I think you and I have different definitions of 'cuddly little bunnies'!!

Lord Vetinari

cal_gecko wrote:

.. I think you and I have different definitions of 'cuddly little bunnies'!!

Brian v.

BMW_Stu

wow, definatly looks worth the headache and the risk of being stung. awesome shots.

Lord Vetinari

BMW_Stu wrote:

wow, definatly looks worth the headache and the risk of being stung. awesome shots.

Thanks for the comments
Brian V.