I enjoy watching bees going about their work. They all have a single focus, and not much gets in the way of them getting the job done. If you do get in the way, you'll know all about it in good time. Even though they are busy getting on with their own work, the knock on effect of their work is hugely beneficial to the surrounding environment.
I haven't had too many opportunities to try to photograph them, but a few years ago we were at a winery, and the bees were hard at work in the flowerbed near where we were picnicing, so I decided to try and get a good shot or 2.
Many, many shots later, I managed to get this one, which looks a bit out of focus to me, and I can't really tell if I was too long or too short.
A good few minutes later, and another whole bunch of bad shots, a managed to get one of a bee on a lavendar plant, holding onto one of the tiny flowers and collecting her reward.
I think I got the focus almost right on this one, which was difficult with the flower swaying slightly in the breeze. You can see the bee in pretty good detail here. This one is probably the best I've taken of a such a small moving target.
I certainly didnt want to get too close to the busy bee, in case I became a target of its nasty little barb!!
A few bad shots later I left to get on with their work in peace.
Inhave since upgraded to a better camera, so wouldn't mind having another go at this when spring returns.
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