Friday, September 30, 2011

Macro Flowers, September 30, 2011


When out on a walk to the neighbourhood movie theatre I spotted this flower in someone's yard.  The gentle breeze was rocking the tall stalk of flowers back and forth and giving me a bit of trouble in capturing the flower.  Valiently I tried to capture a macro in fading light with a dying battery. I was trying to "see" inside one of the blossoms and capture the bumble bee without getting stung.

I finally did manage a glimpse of the prize; the bumblebee!


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29 comments:

Diane said...

Beautiful foxgloves and a lovely bee. Nothing more difficult than trying to take photos in the garden when the wind is blowing!! Well done. Diane

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Donna said...

Beautiful foxglove and a prize bee!! Happy Friday...

Anonymous said...

ein wunderschöner fingerhut

LG vom katerchen zum Wochenende

Jo said...

Wonderful to capture the bee on film, Penny, Normally they don't stay still long enough for me. Hope you're having a lovely weekend. Blessings and hugs Jo

Tina´s PicStory said...

thanks for this lovely weekend flowers :)

Maia T said...

You did a great job with the photo. The foxglove is gorgeous and the bee was too busy to care.

Angelgirlpj said...

What beautiful flowers. I don't believe I've ever seen these before.

Angelgirlpj said...

What beautiful flowers. I don't believe I've ever seen these before.

Jama said...

What a lovely flower!

Karen @ Pieces of Contentment said...

The flowers are lovely and you did manage to snap the bee, well done. All the more tricky as you say in the breeze and not your own place. Love the colours of the flowers.

Kim, USA said...

Love these cluster bell of flowers. Awesome!

My Pink Rose

Tatjana Parkacheva said...

Beautiful flower.

Regards and best wishes

Nadege, said...

Pretty little bells. Love the colors and great effort with the bee.

Unknown said...

a lovely flower. terrific shot.

Cadena de Amor

Cheryl said...

I love these flowers and can't seem to keep them alive in my own garden. Nice captures.

maiylah said...

i wish we have them here; those flowers look so dainty and reminds me of fairies. silly, huh? but it does. :)

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

love the foxglove.

Seraphinas Phantasie said...

Wonderful colors and right clear shots. Great !

Eden said...

Pretty blooms.

Roan said...

Beautiful macro shots. Nice composition.

Kilauea Poetry said...

That happens to me too..these are gorgeous photos! The effects are quite captivating!

Joyful said...

Thank you everyone for your kind comments. I now know what flower I was capturing, *smile. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Shanda said...

Wow...great job capturing the detail in the petals!

Nayana said...

beautiful flower..I have never seen it before.

Nayana@shutterbug

Karin M. said...

... beautiful flowers ..... perfect pictures ...
LG: Karin

Desiree said...

I love foxgloves and have some growing in the garden right now. I hope they will flower. We get quite a few bumble bees in summer. As Jo said, they are quite difficult to photograph, as they are always on the move...so well done to you on getting it right!

OtienoHongo said...

Never seen that flower before...it is beautiful!

Rajesh said...

Beautiful macros of flowers.

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