The bee and the waterlily

Just playing around with textures. These native bees are regulars at the waterlilies.

[kali]

that blue is lovely, looks like something from a fable

[Carole G]

Nicely processed, and well timed with the bee

[Peter]

Looks like a soft pastel drawing on linen to me, a lovely result of fine processing Sheralee:)

[Poppo Livy]

Very artistic Sheralee

[sally agnew]

The little Blue Banded Bees are attracted to blue flowers, they love my blue salvias. Lovely image Sheralee :)

[Thom Mitchell]

Great, in-flight capture!

[Sheralee S]

@hermann These ones don't actually have the blue bands, they are more green than blue but they look just like the blue banded. I haven't actually found any photos that are quite the same. They also like lavender when I had it.

[Phil]

Wonderful crisp 'action' shot!

[Islandgirl]

Very creative shot Sheralee!

[Nicole Campbell]

Very pretty

[Liz Hammond]

Interesting processing. I like the textures and the way it makes the bee pop forward in the image

[Liz Hammond]

How would you feel about trying out some home made filters for your get pushed challenge this week. You use layers and textures in your processing, so I think you might enjoy playing with the effects you can get in camera. This could be anything from shooting through a piece of lace, a bottle or glass, cellophane sweet wrappers absolutely anything you can think of.

Let me know if this does not suit and I will come up with an alternative.

[Sheralee S]

@lizhammond It sounds great thanks Liz, I will find you a challenge now too :)

[Liz Hammond]

@bella_ss Thanks for my challenge, will do my best :-)

[Taffy]

This composition has a wow factor, with the bee and flower elements and the texture working well as background.

[Joanna kate]

Like the way the bee is coming in to land, terrific tones and texture

[Jane Morley]

Fabulous. Fav.

[Francoise]

wow. nicely done.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[judith deacon]

Great processing.