One Size Fits All

Trying to shoot bees is even harder than trying to shoot butterflies. The honeybees here are tiny, they are barely 1cm (0.3in), and they are very fast. If I get a clear shot at all, it's clearly a lucky shot. 8P

The pink flowers are on the coral vine. I posted a shot of this creeper back in April: http://365project.org/myautofocuslife/365/2012-04-29

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Gorgeous colors and composition. bees are hard to shoot! They move too fast and too much, besides being small!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Laura Davey]

Wow, beautifully captured. Well done!

[Sean O'Neill]

Lovely shot Livia, I know how you feel, I had a go at shooting bees on flowers earlier this week, Not easy!!!

[KKiyo]

Nice shot! I like the color of the flower too. Busy busy bee. Thanks.

[ladyjane]

Beautiful detail on the bee's wings, lovely colour on the flower. Our bumblebees are fairly easy to shoot, being large and somewhat slow.

[Joyce Wells]

Beautiful composition and color - love the angle of the bee!

[Mags]

Love your captured bee butt! Beautiful flowers and color! Lovely composition, Livia!

[Lisa Wernsen]

great focus and composition!!!

[karenann]

Beautiful dof and such clarity on the bee!! Love the focus and the colors of this. How well I know how hard it is to get a bee. Have tried for weeks and no success. This is gorgeous work.

[Linda Lorraine]

Yep - I have lots of moving bee butts, and other pieces parts too. The journey is fun though. This is a pretty catch of the process. :-) I especially love the wings...

[Jo]

The beautiful colours make it a lovely sunshine shot, and those wings are so pretty

[Jen Hudson]

He has quite a different body to our bees. Much smoother looking and striped. Lovely capure of him, so detailed. Well done.

[Sheila]

They are always busy as bees too, so all that movement makes it a tough catch! Good job!

[beachradish]

Cool comp, and I like the hind quarter view! :)

[Yvonne]

Fantastic composition. Great job especially on those wings!!!

[Humphrey Hippo]

Love the wings. Lots of detail. Love the bright pink of the flowers too. :)

[Linda]

Great capture, Livia!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Fab shot Livia. That bee is so clear. Love the wings xx

[petra]

beautiful!

[tony gig]

Another Beautiful Macro Shot Livia.

[Krissy]

I love the focus on the wings, and his little bee butt.

[Andreas]

I was about to give a busy as a bee comment, but they already flourished, so I just say this is a great bee shot with the bee hanging there from the petals.

[Ann Stenson]

Another Awesome capture Livia! : )

[Betsy]

Beautiful shot! The colors are lovely!

[Juanita]

Lovely capture! The pinks are so pretty ;)

[Disha Parekh]

Amazing details, especially in the wings! I could never imagine getting a bee shot to look this good!

[Megsy]

Love this

[Erica Waterer]

Nice shot

[Tony]

Marvelous macro capture again. Fav

[Abhijit]

Very pretty. Nicely framed

[Shirley Chetwynd]

You captured him well Livia

[Patty]

such a cute little bee butt! Nicely captured Livia, not the normal bee capture...!

[Marie]

Beautiful colours!

[Alicia]

Very pretty

[ClaireHiker]

I like this shot a lot - the composition, the colors and the cute bee at work!

[Ann Jones]

Lovely colours and POV!

[Caryn]

Bees ARE hard. They stop just long enough to find your focus, then they are off!

[Wendy Bowden]

Sweet capture, lovely colours

[mag]

bees are a bitch to shoot....but you did excellent work on this capture....

[Anita]

Bee bum/butt lol Well done for catching it!

[Trisha Ford]

Oh this is perfect! Do you have any tips? I've never managed a bee shot!

[Elizabeth Youngs]

Great capture! Love the composition and focus!

[Cathy]

Very encouraging to see honeybees... their numbers plummeted here in the states a few years ago due to a disease or fungus. They are slowly coming back... Nicely composed, Livia!

[Laurie]

Great job capturing the tiny little bugger. He's camera shy... hiding his face!

[Pam Hawkes]

Great capture of the "beehind" ha ha!

[Sunil Chummar]

Excellent capture Livia,well done.

[Catherine W.]

@pamfromcalgary LOL...good one! NIce capture! Love the pink flowers...so pretty!!!!

[Robin]

Beautiful capture; love the wing detail.

[Vicki Dixon]

well, you did great! just look at the details in those wings! I like the pink with it too

[Bobbyj]

great capture of the bee's butt, very fun shot Livia!

[Kitti Nelson]

Great capture and lovely composition.

[Leah]

Nice shot. I'm having a time with bees myself.

[Jolly]

Love the colours and the stripes are to die for.

[Mel]

very nice bee bum. i love the colours

[cglist]

Wonderful photo - love the DOF!

[samantha]

Beautiful colours, and yes i had a mare trying to shoot bee's too! =)

[trude]

it may be a lucky shot, but it's a beautiful lucky shot!!

[CHARLES MALLIA]

nice shot

[Dione Giorgio]

Great macro capture, as always, Livia. Beautiful colours too.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Fabulous detail !!! Great shot!

[Carole Imes]

I love the soft focus & colors of the rose. Fab capture of the bee clutching the petals! I love it....fav.

[Nikki]

Beautiful colour & composition

[❀ Lynn]

well, to paraphrase another 365er...."Butt, it's a bee". They are so difficult. Lovely capture.

[Peter de Graaff]

Pretty striped French t- shirt

[Princess Fairlane]

this is beautiful Livia! the colors and the softness of the photo are just wonderful :D

[alia_801]

I always struggle with bee shots - this one is great :) Excellent focus :)

[Aleksandra]

Wonderful shot Livia! Bee's are indeed difficult, and not just because they're quick, but because I'm always worried that I'll get stung if I get too close!

[Meredith Jones]

Such a great shot! Bees are way too fast for me and I would prefer not to be stung.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent macro, Livia.

[Ramona]

This is so pretty!

[Michelle]

I think it's time for you to own some talent. There is no way one person can be granted that much luck!

[Beau]

Bees! Don't get me started on bees. Been tryin for a few days to capture one. Why are they in such a hurry? Why can't they just sit for a moment, relax...take a load off? Cool capture. Like the colors.

[tony j sisti]

A fine capture here, great detail!

[Tracy]

Just beautiful!

[Dana]

Lovely colours.

[Livia]

A great, big, quick-flying, boldly striped and bee-utiful "THANK YOU!" to all! Bees are hard to shoot but I can't seem to resist trying whenever I see them. I've seen bigger and slower bees but I'm afraid to get stung, so I'm relatively more comfortable being around the tiny bees even though they are much faster and harder to capture. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and leave a comment. Please know that I am grateful!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend. 8)

[Darlene]

What a great shot, Livia. I hear you and have not come close to this. Mine are so blurry and we have small and large bees. Everything that flies seems to fly fast.

[Chris]

This is great - love the wonderful colors and the focus. It has something private... can't explain it better.

[Natalie]

love the composition here!

[Leila]

Wonderful shot, I agree bees are difficult to capture.