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This week I went bee hunting with my kids. We caught some interesting insect activities on camera and have enjoyed them immensely. I hope you enjoy them as well. (By the way, it’s a little unnerving to have a bunch of bees fly at you when you are looking at them through a telephoto lens, I had a hard time not backing up!)
- Bumbling around
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The center of the sun
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Color coordinated
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Busy Bee
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Shimmer
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Just a sip
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Sibling rivalry
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Diving in
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Hanging out
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We also caught two butterflies.
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Gorgeous array
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Delicate beauty
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(I will be adding these images onto the Gallery where they will be available for purchase if you are so inclined. I am not sure I will choose to offer these in poster size, as a 20×30 inch bee might be more unnerving than lovely. Thank you for stopping by my Weekly Winners post today!)
For more Weekly Winners go here.
For more of my Weekly Winners go here.
26 responses so far ↓
tiff // August 10, 2008 at 1:49 am |
Oh my goodness!
Those were all so amazing. I could almost reach out and touch those bees, they were that close and clear.
picklebums // August 10, 2008 at 1:57 am |
wow! These are amazing photos!!!!
Gabriel // August 10, 2008 at 4:18 am |
Wow. What a fantastic post you have for us today!!!
I loved every single picture. Just amazing.
Have a great week!
My post…
Lilacspecs // August 10, 2008 at 4:40 am |
Those are fantastic! I’ve never seen insect shots that come so close or catch every detail so clearly! Amazing.
milet // August 10, 2008 at 5:26 am |
awesome. i am intrigued by the center of the sun.
my ww entry is posted here. hope you can take a peek. thanks
Marylin // August 10, 2008 at 7:18 am |
Great shots – I love Diving In.
I don’t think I could bring myself to get that close to bees!
Drea // August 10, 2008 at 9:26 am |
My 3 yr old saw these and said “I want to take his wings off.. but not til hes dead.. cause he will sting me” HAHA
nice shots
Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba) // August 10, 2008 at 9:48 am |
Beautiful!
My favorite is Sibling Rivalry. 
Secret Agent Mama // August 10, 2008 at 10:17 am |
Great shots of all the flowers and their lovers!
Tasina // August 10, 2008 at 10:23 am |
Beautiful pictures!
the planet of janet // August 10, 2008 at 12:00 pm |
WOW! those are amazing!
Shannon // August 10, 2008 at 12:06 pm |
You have been a very buzzzzzzy bee this week! Love them but not a fan as they make me swell and send me to the ER.
Jientje // August 10, 2008 at 12:58 pm |
Wow, you made so many, and all of them amazingly stunning awesome gorgeous pictures! They are so hard to capture well, you did well, thanks for sharing those!
Sarcastic Mom // August 10, 2008 at 2:06 pm |
Absolutely gorgeous! I love bees & butterflies!
Amy Y // August 10, 2008 at 2:43 pm |
Beautiful!
Maggie's Mind // August 10, 2008 at 3:34 pm |
Absolutely the best bee shot series I’ve seen this summer. And the butterfly? Wow! I’m always amazed that anyone can get such great shots of things that move around so much. Gorgeous.
Vicky from Secret Mom Thoughts // August 10, 2008 at 3:37 pm |
Great shots. You got so many great bee shots.
Cassandra Rae // August 10, 2008 at 3:54 pm |
Wow! I do the nature thing and you inspire me to do it even better!
http://www.CassandraRae.com
texashollyfromjunecleavernirvana // August 10, 2008 at 5:26 pm |
Absolutely amazing pictures. The colors are great and the details so vivid.
Suzanne Says... // August 10, 2008 at 5:43 pm |
Great photos! You might be right about that big a bee being…well…a bit much.
frogpondsrock // August 10, 2008 at 8:09 pm |
Wow!!! Great shots. Bees are really hard to shoot because they flit about so much.. you have made it look easy *sigh* I love the centre of the sun
cheers kim
Namz // August 10, 2008 at 8:56 pm |
Fabulous shots, Catt!
ExtraordinaryMommy // August 11, 2008 at 12:03 am |
Amazing photos….like you can almost reach out and touch them!
Connie // August 11, 2008 at 8:45 am |
Amazingly beautiful series this week! I LOVE them all & don’t think I could pic a fave if I had too~they’re all that good
I have yet to capture a beautiful butterfly like that but I want to badly. A butterfly & a dragonfly is on my to-do list
autumn dahlia // August 11, 2008 at 10:34 am |
Those are gorgeous! I love the sunflower….errr… or is it a black eyed susan??
Judith Shakespeare // August 11, 2008 at 6:16 pm |
That third one is STUNNING! All of them are… Fabulous job, honey!