John (300m) > honey bee eating nectar
John (300m) > one eating and one zooming in for some feeding
John (300m) > honey bee feeding on the weeping cherry
John (300m) > lunch time!  pair of honey bee feeding on the weeping cherry
John (300m) > honey bee on the weeping cherry
John (300m) > Oct 7: Up close and personal
I went out for my walk at lunch yesterday with the intension of getting a better shot of the spider from yesterday.  I had my SB800 on the bracket so to light the subject better than the onboard flash.  I did and I got some flowers and I saw this honey bee.  I think I chased him around for quite a while but it was worth the effort.  I got really close before he flew off on the last few shots.  The sun gave me front lighting and I used the flash for side fill light.  It was a fantastic day at lunch with over 100 pictures taken.  I have never done that in 30 min before.
Have a great day!
John (300m) > Sept 1:  Dinner Time!
I went out yesterday afternoon looking for something to shoot for my daily.  I remembered this flower I had seen earlier that was popular with the bee's.  I found this guy having dinner and chased him around for a bit, before I was able to capture this shot.   I have seen him before as there is a notch missing in his wing on the right side.  I was able to get fairly close with the macro today and I stopped the action using the SB200's on the macro ring.
John (300m) > July 21:  Lunch Time!
I captured this yesterday at lunch on my walk.  This is NOT a macro shot, but taken with my 18-200mm.  I was getting getting desperate for a shot as I had a lot of junk.  Light was really harsh today and my shots looked really bad.  I had run out of water, was hot, thirsty and the heat index was 106.  Humm, think I goofed!  I will fix the water issue for sure tomorrow.  I was just finishing my walk, unhappy as I did not have much and thinking ahead of what I could do when when I got home.  I spotted these flowers by the phone building and figured OK another flower shot, they still had some life and the heat had not killed them yet.  I saw this bee having lunch and I took ~ 4 shots before he left.  This one looks like he is sitting down eating his/her lunch.  I liked the shot so I cropped to enhance this and hence my POD.  Enjoy.
honey bee eating nectar
John (300m) > honey bee eating nectar
honey bee eating nectar
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