Soon to BEE Christmas!

Went to take a photo of the New Zealand Christmas bush that grows well here and found it full of bees. So I then had fun trying to capture a clear bee shot without getting stung :)

[Robyn]

Lovely close up detail and colour

[Margaret Obey]

Love the bee, brilliant that we can see his hairy body

[SmileClickSnap]

Fantastic photo, great hairy detail

[Poppo Livy]

Nice close up of the bee Denise.

[Poppo Livy]

And the flowers also. 1/2 a fav for the bee and 1/2 for the flower.

[Lee-Ann]

Beautiful capture...nice colour.

[sally agnew]

Excellent macro Denise, he has a lot to choose from :)

[Denise]

Outstanding clarity and detail Denise.

[john graham]

bee eautiful...the things we do...great shot Denise

[Jane Anderson]

I've found bees give their full attention to a beautiful flower like this instead of to a camera.

[gloria jones]

Super closeup, details, textures, fav

[Mannie]

This shot is perfect. Bee-yoo-ti-ful.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Great close-up of the bee, forgot your seasons the wrong way round, you have snow at Christmas.

[Milanie]

Nice detail - like the color.

[Sue Cooper]

Absolutely fabulous. Amazing detail. Well done.

[Jill Hempsall]

That's a beautiful shot. Such amazing colour and detail.

[Pyrrhula]

Stunting close up. Great details and beautiful captured

[Ashley]

The blessings of telephoto!

[Sheralee S]

So pretty!

[Peter Grave]

great shot Denise.Fav

[Gena Pegg]

OH fantastic. I've missed bee shotst! Great detail and color!

[Joyce]

Stunning capture. Fav

[Kathie]

Love the composition and colours. I'd look forward to being stung by a bee, today. LOL

[Vicki Dixon]

fav! great shot!!!

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Really good detail in the bee's features as well as the flower's. So pretty.

[jayn]

fab focus. lovely warm bright sunny pic on a cold winters morning here. thanks

[June]

It's very cold here in England but the sun shone this weekend. Seems strange to see bees at Christmas ...