Bee in Flight
It must be spring. This is our third bee photo in a week.
This is an interesting comparison to the other two bee images we have seen. The first on March 19th is a similar composition with the notable exception of the shutter speed used. This photographer elected to use a slow supper speed and thus the wings of the bee appear to be moving a high speed, the March 19th shot was fast enough that the wings do not appear to be moving.
I find the plane of focus to be interesting in this image. You will note that the bee and two of the flowers; the one on the right and the one at the top, are in sharp focus and a portion of the branch is also sharp. The lighting is nice with the bee almost translucent with the back light yet the three important flowers on the right are in just enough shadow that they to not become to burnt out and loose detail.
The photographer may wish to consider cropping out the portion of the stem at the bottom that is in focus. I think it may be competing for our attention.
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Cropped 
March 24th, 2008 at 7:20 am
This shot was early morning at Descanso Gardens while
shooting flower macros. I was using a 12mm tube on an
18-200mm zoom lens. The shutter speed was 1/500th sec
hence the blur of the bee’s wings.
Incidentally, if anyone is interested, the tulips are in
full bloom at Descanso now.