Bumble Bee

I love macro photography for what I discover by looking up close at insects as I photograph them.  I noticed that this bee and some others had orange balls attached to their hind legs, looking like pollen holders.  Apparently some bees store their pollen in sacs as they fly around (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_basket).

I’ve also noticed how many types of bees there are.  It sounds rather obvious to me now, but I had no real idea of this until I started photographing them more this summer and last.

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Olympic Peninsula

I had a fantastic 3 day backpacking trip with a couple of friends on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington this August.  We backpacked from north to south, starting in Ozette and ending in Rialto.  What I loved about this trip was the variety of coastal land….some long sandy beaches, many boulder strewn, many covered in the most colourful seaweed I’d ever seen.  Although I imagine that wildlife is abundant there, I spotted only a few otters, a doe and her fawn, gulls, sandpipers, and two heron.  I spotted this heron one morning on the second day of our trip.

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Lilies

I was in the community garden last week, and met a woman who fills her garden with lilies.  She had about 5 different types of lilies planted.  What draws me to them are the large petals, welcoming, calling one closer.  I love the contrast of the stigma next to the soft pollen of the anther.  I don’t often name my photos, but this one is Passion.

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