I had set myself a challenge to photograph something locally, within a short stroll of our house. At first I struggled, but then I found this bee.
Insects are normally very difficult to photograph because they move so fast. This bee stayed in place for several minutes allowing to shoot pictures in auto, sports and manual mode!
When I zoomed in on the bee, I realised I’d caught some amazing detail. I could stare at this picture for ages and take in the detail around the eyes, the pollen on the leg and the mandibles.
Unfortunately I made a classic photographer’s error. it was only when I downloaded the image from the memory card that I realised I shot the picture in a low-quality jpeg format instead of a larger RAW file, hence its size on the page here. At least the file was big enough to capture the detail hey?
As I mentioned at the start, this is the second bee image I have recently posted. Just so you can do a bit of a comparison, here’s the one I recently posted.
As I often do with my photography posts, I’m adding this pic to the wonderful #MySundayPhoto linky. If you click on the badge below it will take you to the Photalife blog which hosts the linky and you’ll have the chance to see awesome photography taken by other bloggers.
30 thoughts on “Another obliging bee”
That is incredible detail! Amazing to find a bee sitting still like that.
Oh I was very fortunate the bee sat still for me. I was in its company for several minutes.
What an obliging bee, the detail is fabulous #mysundayphoto
Thank you Briony, I was surprised by the detail too.
wow, what a brilliant capture. I’m a big fan of our little bees. I love the detail on this one, what an obliging little creature to let you get such a shot. I’m going to have to share your post to my Facebook page, I have a lot of bee loving friends. 🙂
#mysundayphoto
Please do share it Anne, I would be delighted. Thank you!
Oh my that is so good, up close and so clear.
Surprisingly clear considering the file size! Always check what mode your camera is in.
Great close-up – glad he was so obliging
I don’t think I have ever photographed quite such an obliging bee. I was very lucky.
That is simply stunning, the detail is incredible.
I am never quick enough to capture a bee.
Have a good Sunday and thank you for linking up to #MySundayPhoto
I was just very lucky that my bee friend stayed still for so long.
Bees are wonderful creatures! Great photo, so much detail! #MySundayPhoto
Thanks, I was knocked out by the detail when I saw the pic on my monitor.
wow what a stunning photo!!
Thank you ever so much. Glad you liked it.
Hi John, the detail in your photo is amazing! Not only are the sacks of pollen clearly visible on its rear legs, but the tiny particles of pollen on its fur and on the flower are too. Nicely shot!
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Yes, it was the fur, pollen and detail of the eyes that drew me in. As ever, thanks for your lovely comment.
Wow love seeing the pollen the bee. The detail is great!
Nothing quite like seeing a pollen covered bee. And so important for the environment.
A wonderful bee photo! I haven’t seen so many bees about in my garden this year, which is somewhat worrying especially considering all this sunny weather we’ve been having.
Oh really? That’s interesting because I’ve seen quite a few. I’d like to think that following years of the bee population falling it was maybe bouncing back this year? I’ll have to look into it.
So beautifully captured X #mysundayphoto
Thank you ever so much. This picture is proving popular.
I agree, they are not easy to capture and you did a beautiful job of it. Is that Jeff Goldblum’s head I see, oh yeah, that was a fly. Bzzzz.
I had to think about that for a moment, but I got the gag in the end! Thanks for your complimentary words.
love how you’ve captured the pollen being collected #mysundayphoto
And what a lot of pollen there is too.
What a stunning capture. It really is magnificent the detail you have there x
Thanks Susan, I was very pleasantly surprised at the detail I managed to capture.