Queen bee

Another bee warming up this morning, this time I found a Queen Bombus terrestris in the same flower bed which is full of one of the wild garlic flowers.

I knew she was alive this time because her tail end was moving and guessed she was warming up so grabbed the camera, got fairly close and took 2 pics. Hmm, I thought I could go in closer now lol ...............so ............... I went in almost as close as the lens would allow, just about to press the shutter and the buzz started lol. Oh god, she is taking off! I moved back very slowly and thankfully she went over my head - phew lol.

Gorgeous photo, and well done steering clear of take-off

CanopicJar wrote in post #17984572
Gorgeous photo, and well done steering clear of take-off

Oh thanks very much Travis, much appreciated. Yes, I wasnt sure if I had pushed my luck too far this time lol.

Linda

Lovely study.

Lovely shot Linda.
Brian v.

Snowyman wrote in post #17984716
Lovely study.

Thanks Snowy

Linda

LordV wrote in post #17985299
Lovely shot Linda.
Brian v.

Thanks Brian

Linda

Nice bee. It is very hard to expose correctly and get detail in a jet black + bright-colored subject.

I fiddled with the white balance/temperature a bit, to take away the yellow, hope you don't mind

Before/after cooling a bit. (some of the detail was lost because it was a .jpg)

What do you think?

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Very nice, Linda.

John Koerner wrote in post #17986727
Nice bee. It is very hard to expose correctly and get detail in a jet black + bright-colored subject.

I fiddled with the white balance/temperature a bit, to take away the yellow, hope you don't mind

Before/after cooling a bit. (some of the detail was lost because it was a .jpg)

What do you think?

Thanks John - no, I don't mind at all. The difference is very marginal I would say

Linda

greenjeans wrote in post #17986799
Very nice, Linda.

Thank you very much

Linda

Really nice pic. What lens are you using?

kanecvl wrote in post #17987616
Really nice pic. What lens are you using?

Many thanks, much appreciated.

It's the Canon F2.8L IS USM macro but the non-L version would be just as good and it's a bit cheaper (I owned that one before upgrading and there is very little, if any, difference in IQ).

Linda

Great capture.
I've looked the last two mornings for any bee but can only find so far in the afternoon and all are on the move.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #17987802
Great capture.
I've looked the last two mornings for any bee but can only find so far in the afternoon and all are on the move.

Thank you very much. I have quite a few different bees around the garden at the moment which is lovely.

Linda

Beautiful Queen bee shot Linda! Still very cold here in Worcester this week, nothing much about apart from the birds feeding their youngsters, cost me a fortune in seed and mealworms they do! LOL

Worcester Lad wrote in post #17988554
Beautiful Queen bee shot Linda! Still very cold here in Worcester this week, nothing much about apart from the birds feeding their youngsters, cost me a fortune in seed and mealworms they do! LOL

Many thanks George. Yes it's still pretty cold here too I have found a few bees in the garden struggling to warm up but I have a couple of sheltered spots in the sun where I have been finding a couple of the queens warming up.

Birds are quieter around my garden at the moment but I know what you mean with the cost of spoiling them lol.

Linda