Two bees

Lord Vetinari

Couple of bee shots from the garden. all 5Dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash.
The Lasioglossum shots have some hand focus stacking.
Brian v.

Bumble bee covered in hibiscus pollen



Crop from above shot



Sweat bee on potentilla series- possibly lasioglossum morio female

IPClark

Wow, looks like the first one took a bath in a polystyrene ball pool . These are beautiful Brian (kind ablow away the ones I took today... hehehe )

Lord Vetinari

IPClark wrote: »

Wow, looks like the first one took a bath in a polystyrene ball pool . These are beautiful Brian (kind ablow away the ones I took today... hehehe )

Thanks ian
Yes the hibiscus pollen is quite amazingly big.
Brian v.

korandoke

very nice serie

Greetings,

Korandoke

jpc

The detail you manage to capture is absolutely incredible.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for looking and commenting Koroandofe and jpc - appreciated
Brian v.

GOLDENORFE

superb! cant believe how much pollen on the bumble

Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote: »

superb! cant believe how much pollen on the bumble

Thanks Phil
Brian v.

DeVil

Nice details! Love the hair style

Lord Vetinari

DeVil wrote: »

Nice details! Love the hair style

Thanks Devil
Brian v.