Bee on thistle

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Posted by Kendall Hetrick on August 11, 2009 at 9:53 PM

Coming back from lunch yesterday stopped to shoot some jewel weed. Found some black bumble bees working on thistles. There was plenty of pollen to go around.
600mm eq 1/160 f9 ISO 100 cropped a bit

Posted by Steven M Kahn on August 12, 2009 at 2:53 AM

Sweet image Kendall! Your focus is dead on. Your subject looks like it is covered!

While out and about yesterday capturing images of the Chicory on our property or property lines I saw a bee working a Bull Thistle blossom. Noticed that it really burrowed into the blossom for pollen and worked the blossom pretty thoroughly. Haven't had time to process yet.

Posted by Tim Mulholland on August 12, 2009 at 10:47 AM

That's a great shot, Kendall! You got great depth of field and I like the composition...

Tim!

Posted by Philip Schwarz on August 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM

Great shot and great dof. My only nit would be to try a little more brightness to bring out the color in the flower and the bee.

Posted by Chuck Beatty on August 13, 2009 at 8:01 PM

That's one happy bee! Nice comp and detail, Kendall. A bit more saturation would make it really pop.

Posted by Kerry Leibowitz on August 17, 2009 at 12:39 AM

Now that's a close-up!