My Digital Photography of

Bumblebees and Carpenter Bees

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Bumblebees and carpenter bees are my favorite.  I love their fuzzy appearance.  However, they are especially difficult to photograph because they move from flower to flower so quickly.  By the time I focus the lens and frame the image, the bee has moved on to the next flower.  Unfortunately, only about 1 in 10 shots is good.  My favorites are the bees captured in mid-air.

 

Bumblebee inside columbine flower 5-26-07

 

Bumblebees on butterfly bushes 9-4-06

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fuzzy bee 9-4-06.jpg (136857 bytes)  bee 9-4-06 top view.jpg (124553 bytes)  fuzzy bee 9-4-06 leg out.jpg (143000 bytes)

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bee 9-4-06 closeup side view.jpg (152594 bytes)  bee 9-4-06 hovering purple bkg.jpg (123945 bytes)  bee 9-4-06 hovering.jpg (115598 bytes)  bees 9-4-06.jpg (110620 bytes)

 

Bumblebees on butterfly bushes 8-25-06

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bumblebee 8-25-06 dried flowers.jpg (148868 bytes)  bumblebee 8-25-06 head closeup.jpg (114289 bytes)  bumblebee 8-25-06 rounded appearance reverse.jpg (134005 bytes)  

bumblebee 8-25-06 wing in focus 2.jpg (142355 bytes)  bumblebee 8-25-06 sky bkg.jpg (111193 bytes)  bumblebee 8-25-06 top view.jpg (128651 bytes)  bumblebee 8-25-06 wing in focus.jpg (138612 bytes)

  

Bumblebee on trumpet-vine flower 8-11-06

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Mid-air Shots of Bumblebees and Carpenter Bees, Summer 2003

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bumblebee flying into sunflower right.jpg (76977 bytes)  wings flapping.jpg (65046 bytes)  bumblebee flying from sunflower.jpg (80380 bytes)

 

Bumblebees on flowering thistle, sunflowers, raspberries and butterfly bushes.  Summer 2003

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upside down bee on thistle.jpg (125925 bytes)  bumblebee on halfsunflower spread wings flash.jpg (81714 bytes)  bumblebee under raspberry.jpg (81724 bytes)

bumblebee on butterfly bush 10-2-05.jpg (103262 bytes)  gold bumblebee through window.jpg (82013 bytes)  bumblebee through window spread wings.jpg (91162 bytes)  bumblebee through window good head detail.jpg (80429 bytes)

old battered bumblebee.jpg (74946 bytes)  bumblebee on oregano cropped.jpg (87175 bytes)  bumblebee on oregano 2.jpg (67604 bytes)  bumblebee super closeup flash.jpg (89143 bytes)

 

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