First Flight

Wow! :)

Thanks, Shitake. :)

I love all of these. Such a wonderful set of shots.

Brilliant!

These are all astoundingly good but the first one is just incredible.

Either these wasps must be very big or you get very close - beautiful textures and colour!

these are fabulous . . . and scary

*hides

Thanks, Kostika. The dandelions are out in force, but no bees, just this one wasp.

Thanks, Mysteritmo!

Thank you, Taniwha. I was down on all fours in the dandelions shooting. If you watch them long enough, you can tell when they've exhausted a flower and are ready to take off. Then you just hope you've got your lens pointed in the right direction!

Frog51, thank you! These are normal sized wasps. I think. I was *very* close.

Thank you, Sprocket. I'm with you on the scary. Fortunately, this one was pretty focused on the dandelions.

Excellent series, Caine. Congrats on the HL!

Thanks, Rick. The weather has been terrible here, and that might be the reason, but I've been worried about the bees again - not one in sight, even though there are dandelions all over.

I always worry about the bees. Luckily I've seen many around our flowers this year. No luck getting a shot of them yet though.

I'm glad you've seen bees, Kostika. The news hasn't been good lately. I think (I hope) it's just been too cool for them yet.

Wow, again! These are fabtastic and added as favourites. My daughter thinks they are cool too.

Another Wow from me, I am going to have to find some time to catch up with your blog :)

I've got behind too - your pictures are so good

yes I've seen quite a lot of bees too :)

and a wow from me - that top one especially

Thanks, IceTwister and thanks to your daughter too. :)

Thanks, Maggie.

Thanks, Viv. I'm glad you've seen bees. Still not too many here.

Thank you, Dhamaka.