Green Metallic Bee and Hover Fly

garyt

Both of these are first time captures for me. They were found in the azelia which has started to flower, mixed in with the usual suspects; the bumble bees, carpenter bees, paper wasps and the yellow jackets. Quite a busy bush right now, and it deserves a cautious approach.

Been watching these bees for a few days now, and made quite a few attempts to shoot it. Very quick bee that sticks its head into the flower very quickly and then flies to another flower. Needless to say, I got quite a few butt shots, but no heads.


Eyes are a little soft, but I was happy to finally capture one of my own.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely captures- esp like the sweat bee
Brian V.

Reeflections

Great colors and to the fun! thumb

MichelleL

it's exciting when you capture your own photos of these guys! you've done a great job and look forward to more photos from the bush.

Skippy

garyt wrote:

Both of these are first time captures for me. They were found in the azelia which has started to flower, mixed in with the usual suspects; the bumble bees, carpenter bees, paper wasps and the yellow jackets. Quite a busy bush right now, and it deserves a cautious approach.

Been watching these bees for a few days now, and made quite a few attempts to shoot it. Very quick bee that sticks its head into the flower very quickly and then flies to another flower. Needless to say, I got quite a few butt shots, but no heads.


Eyes are a little soft, but I was happy to finally capture one of my own.

I like that first shot Gary the Metalic Green is quite striking.
Can't help but look twice when you see one of these little guys.

Well Done! .... Skippy
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