A cooperative nomada bee

Lord Vetinari

At last found a cooperative nomada bee sitting on a philadelphus leaf. Assume it cold. All shots 5Dmk2/Mpe-65. all focus stacked using zerene stacker apart from #1. #4 taken at 5:1 FF.

Brian v.









Crop from above shot

Illiterati

These are incredible! The detail you were able to get with those closeups is staggeringly beautiful.

GOLDENORFE

lucky you

good find, nice to see the jaws open

phil

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments
Phil - first coperative one I've found this year
Brian v.

Chrissiebeez_NL

Very nice shots Brian!

like the pose in the third one the best!

Lord Vetinari

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote: »

Very nice shots Brian!

like the pose in the third one the best!

Thanks Chris - was just pleased to be able to get some closeups of these lovely bees.
Brian v.