LeanneC

Me too Dave! Our garden has been a sanctuary for me this year. It is the one place I can get distracted enough to forget about other things. Not sure what I will do when winter comes though! So, in the meantime, I am saving up all the colours and images that I can.

Hopefully I have my ID correct in calling this a sweat or halactid bee. They are small, gentle bees that cover many of the flowers in our backyard this time of year. This gal looked like she was popping over the corn leaf to say: Hello there!

LOL! I can hear Michael Keaton’s voice! That was number 4, right? A copy of a copy…mine are a little too industrious to be true copies.

Nice! They look a bit like our sweat bees, that do have stingers but don’t hurt quite as much as other bees.

This is really cool, Pat. The treatment makes me think of Ah-ha video, Take on Me.

Thanks so much!

Thanks Pat. Wish I could have that many of me working in the garden. I would get my weeding done so much faster.

Thanks so much, Anne! The clock image took many, many takes to get it right. The garden photo came from a dream of wishing I could clone myself. So much to do in the garden and not enough of me to do it!

I don’t envy you this task, Kent. They are all great images! Congrats Anne and runner-ups!

Love seeing bees on sunflowers. Nice capture Erik!

Thanks Patrick. They make it very hard to get yard work done…very distracting!

I had the same thought about the damselflies and dragonflies but then realized they usually show up more in August in our backyard/garden. I wish they would come sooner and eat some of the mosquitoes!

Like these Anne. The second image is powerful…love the bravery – showing off imperfections in a society where we tend to hide things that make us look different. Need more shots like this.

Love this – the shot and the editing all work well. And it is a bit of a mystery which I always enjoy.

The black and white is such a contrast to the other images! Work Chris and family Chris!

Well, most of you have seen this one as it is my profile image..

Here is a different one…

Somehow missed this reply! It is interesting to see what the bees will go after. We don’t have milkweed here but I have started a bit of a journal of what flowers they visit through the spring and summer. This year, I noticed that they were very active on the polar bear willow (a native species) in early spring. Then moved to the mountain ash…[Read more]

Agree with Graham 100%! Great image showing a bee at work in a very different way. I love the learning through observation that occurs through macro and all photography, really. Thanks for sharing!

Very nice, Joanne.

Our lavender is where the bees are at these days!