Bee’NFlower Now Fly’NFlower

• wavydave

  Member

  January 8, 2007 at 11:01 pm

  Hi,

  Ummm it’s a bee…and a flower. Don’t ask me what types!

  

  Shot with a Pentax Optio S

  Dave[/img]
  richiehatch

  Member

  January 8, 2007 at 11:08 pm

  Nice pic Dave… Lovely saturated colours… Ye know I actually think thats a fly not a bee… its colours are all for show… Think I read that somewhere…!

  Richie
  terry

  Member

  January 9, 2007 at 1:25 am

  I just love the depth and shades of colour in this shot. The detail is spot on from the wings of what I would call a Wasp and run a mile from (cos they sting) to the pollen grain on the left. Lovely shot reminds me of summer.

  Terry
  PeteTheBloke

  Member

  January 9, 2007 at 9:49 am

  Much nicer than the average flower and fly shot.

  It’s a hover fly.

  EDIT And the flower looks like a wild rose.
  Thorsten

  Member

  January 9, 2007 at 10:25 am

  Hmm – I should drop in here more often! Seems a shame to miss great shots as this! I think this is a great image – looks very three dimensional!
  richiehatch

  Member

  January 9, 2007 at 3:27 pm

  The easyiest way to determine that its a fly and not a bee is that it has only 2 wings whereas a bee has 4…! For reference have a look here… Quite interesting… well to me anyway..!

  http://www.photomacrography2.net/photomacrography/Articles/Bees_Flies/bees_flies.htm

  Richie
  wavydave

  Member

  January 10, 2007 at 7:21 am

  Thanks Richie..that sorts that out!