busy as three bees

Artist: Christopher Ewing
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busy as three bees

was shooting macros of this wildflower in cades cove, when i got the treat of three varities of bees sharing the wildflower (think is part of the cone family, its really cool!), unfortunately this year, 2007, was a very very rough year for ALL the wildlife and nature in the smoky mountains, due to no rain, and a freak freeze around easter. the freeze killed everything that had already bloomed, so it was very odd to see species that normally dont hang out together, tolerating each other just to eat. shot this macro using a nikon diopter lens attached to a canon 75-300mm lens

Mundy Hackett, 10 months ago

Really nice Chris, the muted colors are really sweet and you hit the perfect compositional sweet spot.
Joyce Dickens,..., 10 months ago

Awesome Chris; this is excellent work! and what an added treat of the three bees!
Christopher E..., 10 months ago

thanks very much mundy, joyce, it was a great day of shooting that day, for flowers And bees! lol (thought i had submitted this wayyy back!) lol
Bonnie Taylor ..., 10 months ago

Fabulous work, Chris. I especially love the bee in flight, a very difficult action to freeze with such clarity as you achieved. Terrific colors, too, as well as a wonderful statement about shared wealth among God’s creatures. This is a winner!
Christopher E..., 10 months ago

thanks very much bonnie, ive learnt, shoot in shutterspeed mode when shooting macros ;-) especially when little critters are involved
AngelPhotozzz, 10 months ago

Wow fantastic work Chris!!!!!
shotzbyjay, 10 months ago

Cool! Very interesting flower, and the different kinds of bees is really great!
budrfli, 10 months ago

lovely soft focus Chris! great find captured well!
whisperingruth, 10 months ago

Wonderful find Christopher . . . excellent!
Darlene, 10 months ago

Sheesh you slacker, couldn’t you have gotten four different types of bees? >wink< LOL

This is a great shot Chris! I even learned something here, there are differnt types of bees. Guess I need some training in wild life AND photography huh? LOL
Eyal Nahmias, 10 months ago

Good shot chris. The flying bee makes this image so appealing. It adds interest and complete a story. Wonderful details and color.
JudithE, 10 months ago

This is fantastic ! job well done :)
NatureByWendy, 10 months ago

glad i am not the only one watching the bee’s ..
this is lovely …
Ellen, 10 months ago

What a nice maco-photo, i also like the colors. (Thanks for your comment, you have described it very well!)
Charl045, 10 months ago

Fantastic Capture!!
Olga, 10 months ago

Wow! they are really busy here….great capture!
Leta Sweetgras..., 10 months ago

Hey their I snuck in a few weeks ago! LOL I thought I did back in the summer guess not have just been busy. All three of us have been busy little bees! LOL Great image!
Daniel J. McCa..., 10 months ago

Tough capture. Really well done.
Antanas, 10 months ago

Beautiful capture
frogster, 10 months ago

Wonderful macro
Anne van Alkemade, 9 months ago

These little girls have really got their pollen luggage packed. Really nice capture Christopher. I’m rather partial to shots of bees (my favourite insect – even more so than butterflies!). (Thank you for your comments too, much appreciated.)
mrmc714, 9 months ago

wow – this is great stuff – the stop action, detail, just fantastic
Tracey Bransfield, 9 months ago

Wow! Great capture… you can see the collection of pollen on his back leg…....the wings are awsome!
Helen Bascom, 9 months ago

Excellent shot.
SofaKingWeird, 8 months ago

Wow, that’s just cool. Natures little threesome. I recognize the bumble bee got a few this last weekend, also love the honey bee, but the third one I’ve never seen. Is it a type of parasitic wasp?
jewelskings, 6 months ago

Wow what a nice shot timing is everything!
LENA WEHNERT, 4 days ago

WOW! you captured this well… I can even see the POLLEN on the bee’s legs!!