Busy Bee
hymenopteran
nectar alimentation
industriousness
This shot was taken at the Denver Botanic Gardens with my iPhone 4s and the Olloclip Macro Lens.
To learn more about the Olloclip, click here.
Macro Monday – Honeybee’s Wings
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The Life of a Creative, Healer and Bodyworker
Gorgeous! Love the colors. My father used to keep bees in the side yard of our suburban home in California. He cut them out of my bedroom wall. Seriously. 🙂
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Thanks, Jennifer. They were collecting nectar on these beautiful red flowers. I do know what you’re talking about with your bedroom wall. We had a wild swarm that decided to build a hive in the walls of our basement. Another story for another time…
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Iridescent wings
Shimmer, sharp and beautiful
In Cathy’s sharp lens
Gorgeous!
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Thanks, Dawn! Love the Haiku!
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Love me some Haiku. Love me some of Cathy’s photography… it was a no brainer.
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Beautiful photo!
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Thank you, Rainee. She picked the perfect flower on which to land!
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Your four word verse is
as deft as one which is made
with each sound one word
The wings are beautiful. Wow.
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Love your Haiku, Clare. Those wings really are beautiful. I felt so lucky to grab that shot!
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There are lenses for an iPhone? I have an iPhone. This is exquisite. I love the translucent wings. This is positively touchable – almost.
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Yes, Mary! Check out the link. These lenses are so cool and tiny! I carry them in my purse all the time. I just got the new telephoto and polarizing filter. Haven’t used it much yet, but it also seems to be a really nice one. Great product! And thanks so much!
Cathy
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Thank you for posting the link. I have seven more months on my current contract, after which I plan to upgrade to the new 5S, so I’ll wait on the lenses. But I definitely plan to get a package. What fun!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you, Gunilla!
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Wow Cathy!! This is amazing and lovely and fascinating! I’ve been staring at this bee for the longest time!
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Thank you, Mimi! It’s one of those shots that I, too, found myself staring at for a very long time. The detail in the bee’s fur and wings is fascinating! Happy Monday!
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Awesome!
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Thank you, Hans!
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Very pretty Cathy!
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Thank you, Mary. Glad you liked it!
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Nice haiku. Good vocab for my muddy brain 🙂
Love the shot Cathy.
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Good Morning, Audra! I had a little help from The Visual Thesaurus. Are you familiar with it? I LOVE it! If not, you might want to check it out: http://www.visualthesaurus.com. Hope you’re having a good Monday!
Cathy
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Yes I love it. Truth be told I love my dictionary and thesaurus
Happy day to you too
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wow!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you!
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beautiful gossamer wings!
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Thank you, Laura!
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Wow Cathy! I checked out the olloclip — it looks very cool and so does your bee pic! I love bees, they defy psychics, don’t they. That plump little bodies with their whispery, paper-thin wings. Just beautiful. The red background and I feel as if I can touch the “furriness” of this little critter. Happy Monday!
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Thanks, Brigitte. Happy Monday to you! I know! I kind of want to pet the little girl (they’re all girls, you know). And yes, if you have an iPhone, you might want to invest in an olloclip. I have two now, the macro/wide angle/fisheye and they just came out with a telephoto/polarizing filter combination. They’re tiny and I carry them in my purse all the time. I took this shot while at the Botanic Gardens when my sister was visiting a few weeks ago. So nice to have those lenses handy!
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So impressed with how your iPhone and that little lens caught the action of a bee! Beautifully done! I wonder if they’ll come out with lenses for my Samsung.
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I don’t know about lenses for the Samsung, but they really are handy! For me, it was almost enough reason to get an iPhone! 🙂
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Taken with your iPhone? Amazing. Love the colors , great picture.
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Thank you, Karen. With those lens clips, I have lots of options in my purse. I do have a great, full-frame DSLR, but I don’t take it with me all the time, so this is a great option. Thanks for the comment!
Cathy
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Those wings are so translucent! Makes them seem so fragile, and yet function they do. 🙂
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Yes, they do, Carrie. And they’re so pretty!
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Your photos are more glorious than I remember them Cathy! A pleasure to be back here once again. Much love, Sharon
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Thank you, Sharon! And what a delightful surprise! I’ve missed you.
Hugs,
Cathy
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Cathy, I love your photo. I’ve been thinking of getting a macro lens for my iPhone. How do you like your Olloclip? Not being able to take close-ups is probably my biggest frustration with my phone camera.
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Lee,
I LOVE the Olloclip! The original one has a wide-angle, fisheye and macro. And it’s a great macro. Not as good as the 100mm Tokina that I use on my Nikon, of course, but it’s a close second. I also love the fisheye in that same package. I don’t like fisheye shots enough to invest in one for my DSLR, but it’s fun to play with on the iPhone. The wide-angle is also nice, but I probably use that one the least. for $70, it’s a great deal and it’s tiny. I carry it in my purse all the time.
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That is an amazing shot, especially from a smartphone! I love bees. This one looks so sweet and fuzzy.
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I love bees, too, Weebs! This one was so cooperative to spread her wings. And she does look like she has fur…petable fur.
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gorgeous!
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Thanks so much, Shimon. It was a lucky shot!
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