I came across a patch of Queen Anne’s Lace (wild carrot) along the side of the road this afternoon. When I saw it, I decided to forego today’s topic, “Things with Wings.” I didn’t think I’d find any wild birds out in the 100° plus heat and in any event, I find Queen Anne’s lace quite lovely. What is interesting to me about Queen Anne’s Lace is that a single tiny purple flower appears in the center of the cluster amidst thousands of white flowers. As I composed my shots, a couple of honeybees buzzed about and so I was able to capture “things with wings” any way.
The first shot features a couple of flower heads, SOOC. I cropped the subsequent two shots.
Focal Length 300mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/500
WB Fine Weather
SOOC
Focal Length 300mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/500
WB Fine Weather
Cropped
Focal Length 300mm
ISO 100
f/16
1/200
WB Fine Weather
Cropped
I don’t think my comment from last night is showing up. I’m on the iPad- and last night’s comment was made on the iPad too. Anyway- these are all wonderful, and I especially love the last one. Beautiful crisp focus (!) on the bee and lovely blurry background! I love the serendipity of something with WINGS appearing in the image.