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:

  1. 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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  2. Hejsa.
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    Har tilføje mig som følger af din blog.
    Ønsker dig en god week-end.
    /Hanne Bente
    www.finus.dk

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

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  4. ein wunderschöner fingerhut

    LG vom katerchen zum Wochenende

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  5. 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

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  6. thanks for this lovely weekend flowers :)

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

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

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

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  10. 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.

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  11. Love these cluster bell of flowers. Awesome!

    My Pink Rose

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

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

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

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  15. Wonderful colors and right clear shots. Great !

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  16. Beautiful macro shots. Nice composition.

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

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

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

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  20. beautiful flower..I have never seen it before.

    Nayana@shutterbug

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

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  22. 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!

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

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