Nectar of the Gods
Mum came over for a visit today, and as we were sitting out in the glorious spring sunshine this little guy came buzzing along. A spilt cup of tea, a quick dash upstairs for the camera, and a pair of very dirty knees later… this!

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Woodyk2
Fabulous…..
Richard Veal
Awesome work Rhana.
NATURELENS
Definetly worth a pair of dirty knees :-). Great detail and colours
billyboy
Rhana, this is gorgeous. Having spilled that tea on him gave his fur such an amazing hue. How did you ever come up with that amazing idea?? Nice work!
Rhana Griffin
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It just came to me BB ;) Isn’t he just the most delightful colour?
Marty M
Beautiful tones and colours. Brilliant capture.
Peter Zentjens
Wow, gorgeous macro!
hilarydougill
Definitely worth hitting the panic button for. haha. Wonderful wonderful macro and gloriouus imagery and Bee, wonderful colour too. hugsxxx
AlexMac
definately worth the marathon run to get the camera, brilliantly captured, instant fave
Rhana Griffin
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You are a treasure amongst treasures Alex =)
Lisa Jewell
God this is gorgeous…..............such glorious detail…..
I do hope your knees are okie, babe….XOXOXO
Rhana Griffin
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My knees are screwed babe… but that’s old news ;) xxx
Mel Brackstone
Good grief woman, don’t you know to carry your camera with you where ever you go? Even cuppa time is a subject, and now it’s Spring…..well, there should be no stopping you!! Fabbo detail here!
Rhana Griffin
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I’m such a noob Mel hangs her head in shame I have now put on my list “Take camera with you when you go to sit quietly in the spring sunshine” =)
Verangel
this is great! i like how the little guy is helping himself unashamedly…. as though the nectar would belong to him in first place!!!! ;)))
Kazzoom IPA
well done , hope you didnt burn yourself :)
Rhana Griffin
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Nah… I have baby tea’s. Lot’s of milk ;)
eXposure
stunning capture …
Paul Tupman
Wow… this is stunning Rhana. I love the way the colour and detail are framed by the white petals and how you get a touch of the purple bleeding off to the edges. This really is fantastic macro work! An instant favourite!
Rhana Griffin
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how you get a touch of the purple bleeding off to the edges
That’s natures magic Paul… not mine =)
ElRobbo
What a moment!!!
Well captured!
...and great lines!
Rhana Griffin
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That is sooooo cool that you noticed the lines ElRobbo =)))))
Kristina K
awesome awesome shot :) k
Angela Stewart
Allow me to add to the accolades…stunning capture Rhana! There’ll always be another cup to tea, but you can never be sure of a second chance at a shot like this….I just hope you didn’t spill it on your mum!
Rhana Griffin
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It’s ok ANgela… Mum is used to my mad ways by now. Spilling my cup of tea on her wouldn’t even cause her to batt an eyelid ;)
Rhana Griffin
Thanks for your comments everyone, and thanks for hanging in there with me as I start exploring the small worlds we travel through every day, and yet sometimes fail to notice.
Marion Cullen
Amazing how much bigger the world becomes when you shoot smaller, isn’t Rhana.
Nice work my friend.
Rhana Griffin
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Ohhhhhhh yeah!!!
Steven Novak
Now that’s cool! I always thought the nectar of the gods was Mountain Dew though. ;)
Rhana Griffin
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Nope… vodka, lemon, lime and bitters. This little fella is on a 12 step programme though ;)
Antanas
Perfect macro capture
Lauren Zorn
Fabulous macro, but you know, it’s almost an abstract too. A fantastic shot !
ElRobbo
No worries, Rhana!
Mail me if you feel you need your lines noticed again!!!
;)
Michael Walters
I love how we are getting bee’s now:))))))) bring on the warmth to our little island.
Love the shot by the way…...heaps!!!!
Rhana Griffin
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I saw my first spring bumblebee today… he was so cute and fat and furry!!!
mausue
Beautiful capture. Great colours and detail!
Michael Walters
hehe, iv’e seen two:) they make me laugh with their slow fat furry ways :) BZZZZZZ
Rhana Griffin
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The very first one I saw holidaying scared the crap out of me! I though a 747 was coming in to land… on my head!
Michael Walters
hahaha, your funny:) makes me think of a mini 747 full of bumble bee’s with little escape slide things on the side of the plane and little gay bee’s dressed up in little air Virgin uniforms screaming and pushing their wwa to the front:) eeeeeeeeek
Rhana Griffin
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O….kaaaaaaaaaaay…..
steps slowly away from the crazy bumblebee man
;)))
Michael Walters
hahah, arrrr yep!!!!
:) bzz bz
Andrew Bosman
Wonderful macro Rhana. These shots aren’t easy but you’ve nailed this one.
Rhana Griffin
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Thanks Boz! My macro work is pretty much hit and miss at present… but with time and experience I hope to get there eventually.
SharonAHenson
Great shot Rhana as well as wonderfu detail.
LisaR
Wonderful shot!