Firewalkers
The glowing golden centre and the radiating violet blue petals belong to a very fine specimen of Nymphaea violacea (Water Lily) , a very common Australian native water plant.
The photograph was made as I was sitting on a little jetty over a large pond on the property of a camera club friend at Kundabung , between Kempsey and Port Macquarie , NSW, Australia, on a lovely autumn day.
With this particular one I was trying to photograph the interaction of the tiny black Australian stingless native bees (Trigona carbonaria) with the water lily when literally out of the blue, the much larger European honey bee (Apis mellifera) , dropped into shot just before I pressed the shutter. Lucky me! Lucky you! Lucky us!
Fuji S9600:RAW, Manual settings of f/6.4 @ 1/1200sec, Manual focus, Hand held.
S7RAW & Photoshop CS.
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Enjoy!
WILD AUSSIE LILIES and HYMENOPTERA
WILD AUSSIE LILIES
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Nymphaea violacea, Trigona carbonaria & Apis mellifera
HYMENOPTERA
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Trigona carbonaria, Apis mellifera & Nymphaea violacea
Apis mellifera & Lagunaria bracteata
Apis mellifera & Thomisus spectabilis
Apis mellifera & Thomisus spectabilis
Trigona carbonaria & Onopordum acanthium
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Anaa
Wow … stunning colors …great contrasts & details…. its so beautiful ! :)
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Anaa,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you are first to spot this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”...its so beautiful!” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Thordis
Wonderfully sharp Dennis and the colors are outstanding. :)
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Thordis,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Wonderfully…outstanding.” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Joyce Dickens,...
Exquisite sums it up in one word!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Joyce,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Exquisite…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Nenad Kostadin...
Amazing!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Nenad,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your succinct yet most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Amazing!” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Mick Davson
The colour, the colur the colour!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Mick,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your repetitive yet most encouraging and enthusiastic “colourful” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
PS: Do you like the colour? ;-)
Rosalie Dale IPA
These water lilies are always so stunning – the bee adds the icing to the ‘cake’ !!!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Rosalie,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
barkeypf
Nice work Dennis.
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Barkey,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Nice work…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Tparker
This is beautiful Dennis love the colors
Dennis Gay replied
G’day TParker,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”…beautiful…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Bootiewootsy
Beautiful Dennis…
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Carol,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Beautiful…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
salsbells69
Stunning Dennis. You are so good at these~~!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day SalsBells,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Stunning…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
debsphotos
Lovely Lilac Lily Dennis!!! E xcellent colours,clarity and capture!!! *-)
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Deb,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Lovely…excellent…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
kalaryder
Intense!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day KalaRyder,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your succinct yet most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Intense!” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Kofoed
Such amazing colours and light here, Dennis. The clarity is very well enhanced by the deep, dark background.
The bee is really a bonus here. Beautiful, square cut. Stunning work.
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Kofoed,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”…Stunning work.” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
binjy
Thankyou for letting us share the waterlilies ..the bee is a great capture! :)
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Binjy,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”…great capture.” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
PS: Firewalkers! Now that may well be a great title! Thanks for that!
binjy
On a second look..the bees look like ‘fire-walkers’..in a glowing pit :)
Claire Farley
Brilliant work Dennis. Love the lighting and detail.
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Claire,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Brilliant…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Nith
so beautiful art work
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Nith,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”so beautiful…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Marinella Owens
very beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Marinella,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Very beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Cathy Middleton
Lovely shot Dennis. The colour is spectacular.
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Cathy,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”Lovely…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
LindaR
stunning capture ~!! bravo Dennis!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Linda,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic ”…bravo…” comment for my pond life efforts.
Thank you too for the honour of adding this work to your favourites.
GB
Dennis
LenitaB
So good, Dennis! Love the colours and detail.
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Lenita,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic “So good…” comment for my pond life efforts.
Thank you too for the honour of adding this work to your favourites.
Thank you too for the honour of adding my portfolio to your watchlist.
GB
Dennis
David DeWitt
Dennis, your pictures are so interesting – love them all but here the flower seems to give off the light with all the strength of the bright colors.
Dennis Gay replied
G’day David,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic “…love them all…” comment for my pond life efforts and my portfolio in general.
So glad you are enjoying the experience.
Yes, I am rapt by they way the centre of these waterlilies seem to glow from within. 8-)
GB
Dennis
mikrin
What a beautiful blue water lily! Wonderful capture! So vivid and bright!
Dennis Gay replied
G’day Mikrin,
Nice to see you on the rickety old jetty admiring the waterlilies and that you have spotted this bees ‘n’ flower attraction action.
Thank you so much for your most encouraging and enthusiastic “…Wonderful…” comment for my pond life efforts.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay
G’day Laura S …. wherever you are …..,
Thank you for the honour of adding this work to your favourites. I can only assume by this action that you like it. Please fell free to return any time to let me know just what it is you like about it.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay
G’day Jocelyn Hyers …. wherever you are …..,
Thank you for the honour of adding this work to your favourites. I can only assume by this action that you like it. Please fell free to return any time to let me know just what it is you like about it.
GB
Dennis
Svetlana Sewell
So, so beautiful!!!
Dennis Gay replied
Hola Svetlana!
Lovely to see you up at Kundabung roaming the grounds and taking in the sights and that you have caught sight of this beautiful lily and its tiny visitors.
Thank you heaps for your most encouraging “So, so beautiful!!!” wrap for my pondside photography.
GB
Dennis