Blue Bee

Yes, another one - but they are such fascinating (and frustrating) things to photograph... and my photo club is doing a project on bees for the local library!

[Jocasta]

wow - this is an amazing macro - just how close do you get to that bee?

[Lee]

Great close up shot. Very detailed.

[Richard Sayer]

@jocasta Thanks Joy - she was about 250mm from the end of the lens which would make her about life-size on the sensor: the photo is not cropped at all.

[Islandgirl]

Wow love this detail............good thing you didn't get stung!
Great shot

[judith deacon]

Great macro, you got nice detail in the bee and the pollen.

[Joan Robillard]

Oh how wonderful. A photo club must be such fun. And doing something for the library is just so nice.

[Graeme Stevens]

Great macro - it's something I need to do more of, but I always seem to bee (ba boom!) too busy playing with knives and fore!

[Tom]

Great detail, love the specs of pollen

[Malcolm Carlaw]

Photographing bees can be frustrating. They don't stay long and rarely pose at the right angle.

[Mark Pratt]

Super capture.

[sarah]

excellent macro

[Loopy-Lou]

Gorgeous capture

[Pete Roberts]

You can't beat a good bumble bee Richard

[Maggie]

Bee for Blue - a real sense of the weight of this insect … he seems to be dragging the flower down. Beautiful shot.

[Keith Porteous]

Super pin point focus on this gorgeous bee! Beautiful flowers add to the scene, lovely

[Christine]

Good shot

[Shelley]

Another great shot.

[Niki]

Aren't they fabulous creatures. I never get tired of looking at bees. I think they're amazing.