Bee that as it may

This shot was also taken in my back garden and follows on from the last in the respect that I was still experimenting with the new camera. I have a reasonable income, as does 'the wife' but I find it difficult to justify large expence on my hobbies, and I tend to try to find the compromise when it comes to laying out cash on new equipment. Satisfied with the camera (who wouldn't be, it is after all my very first DSLR) I wanted to get in closer to the action. I resorted to ebay and those wonderful chinese who seem to be able to sell quite adequate stuff for not a lot of cash. I purchased a set of Macro lenses and ventured into the garden to see what was camera worthy. The above bee duly obliged. A few minor tweeks and here is the result. Don't even think of asking me what kind of bee this is or what kind of flower he's busy collecting from. As for the flower, the wife will know. I have no interest in plants. As long as the garden looks colourful I'm a happy bunny.

It's fair to say that most of my photographs are either critter or landscape oriented. I find as I'm getting older I appreciate the world around me a lot more than I used to. I've started walking a lot and the camera always comes with me. If only I could go back 20 years and tell my younger self that I would turn out to be a twitcher and rambler!! I think my face would have made the best picture ever :-)