Monday, May 17, 2010

False Lupines and Bumblebees

This is Thermopsis lanceolata, from the garden at the college.

A sunny flower that had the bees flying about it. Considering the shutter speed was a 250th of a second, I wonder how fast their wings were actually moving...

This last photo is looking at her, head on.

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5 comments:

  1. Deb7:24 AM, May 17, 2010

    those are great photos...

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  2. Ruby7:46 AM, May 17, 2010

    bee add beauty to the flowers..nice shot Judy!

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  3. Clytie10:40 AM, May 17, 2010

    I especially like the bottom photo of the bee looking at me - it's wings a rainbow blur in the background. Delightful!

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  4. George11:14 PM, May 17, 2010

    These are wonderful photos. I really like the action of the wings of the bumblebee.

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  5. SquirrelQueen10:50 PM, May 18, 2010

    Great shots Judy, I love your capture of the wings in motion. She is a real beauty.

    Last spring I caught some wing motion on a honey bee and looked up the figure. If I remember right it was 120 - 240 beats per second.

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