Buzzing...

Paul Iddon

In the garden today I saw this bee keep landing on the picnic table. So me being what I am, I went indoors and retrieved the vase of flowers I had just bought for the wife and put that on the table, and naturally, the bee took the hint and after a short while came in to land.





Here it is on final approach (yes it has two wings but the nearest is strangely invisible probably due to the speed the wings beat and the angle of view...)





Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Good shots Paul but you've done it again
Not a bee but a dronefly hoverfly (some excuse it is a bee mimic)

Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Cheers Brian.

I didn't realise it was a copycat buggy thingy! Lol...

Cheers for the heads up and the comment.

Paul.

ColMofed

Nice captures. Esspecialy well done on the flight shot, there's a real sense of 'leaving' to it. Great capture!

Rod.

PS. The eye in the first image looks like velvet

Paul Iddon

Cheers Rod.

Bright sunlight and ISO 200 helped keep the shutter speed up.


Paul.

Reeflections

I like the 1st a lot. That's a nice yellow on the flower.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Mike.

It's a bit on the highlighted side, but still suits the image I think.

Paul.

Skippy

Paul Iddon wrote:

In the garden today I saw this bee keep landing on the picnic table. So me being what I am, I went indoors and retrieved the vase of flowers I had just bought for the wife and put that on the table, and naturally, the bee took the hint and after a short while came in to land.

Here it is on final approach (yes it has two wings but the nearest is strangely invisible probably due to the speed the wings beat and the angle of view...)

Paul.

I like the fly away shot Paul .... Skippy
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canon400d

Skippy wrote:

I like the fly away shot Paul .... Skippy
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Excellent shots Paul as they are certainly not easy to capture.
Regards
Bob

Paul Iddon

Thanks Maxine & Bob.

It was a bit hit and miss...


Paul.