Morning Bumblebee

This is another image from the foggy morning earlier in the week. A close up filter was used in front of the wide angle lens putting the lens about 3 inches from the flower. I don't use this technique very often but every now and then it helps get the message across.

Bumble Bee - Eye to Eye

As often as I have photographed bumble bees and wasps I have never been stung (fingers crossed). This guy was busy collecting nectar from a silky prairie clover and did not mind me being in its face. I would love to feel the softness of its back, however, you first. Composition notes: There are lots of diagonal lines with an almost centered oval eye.  I think the lines make the image and there is depth with the pink flower flowing to the green background as an implied line. What do you think?