The fruit fly uses flowers quite differently than bees. Instead of collecting pollen, it seems that the fruit fly bathes in them. The whole body is covered with the yellow pollen from the coneflower, even on the eye pollen can … read more or write a comment …
We put this bee-friendly plant on our terrace as a tub plant. From the beginning, it was besieged with wild bees for many weeks, flying from flower to flower. I had many opportunities to photograph the bees as they dove … read more or write a comment …
At the end of summer — at least feels, where the temperatures here suddenly settle again around 20° celcius — I still come with a summer picture. The lilac blossom in our garden in beautiful and warm evening light. In … read more or write a comment …
For years we have spherical thistles in our garden and every time I enjoy the beautiful geometry of the flower and always try myself with macro shots. This time I was lucky that in one of my series of shots this … read more or write a comment …
This mighty flower of the rhododendron bush I could also only take with focus stacking technique, especially to be able to sharply depict the pistils and stamens together with the petals. Here I found it special that only one flower … read more or write a comment …
A blossom macro from our garden — once again a bee friendly blossom!
When the apple tree in our garden bloomed vigorously, I stood in the middle of it with tripod and macro lens to find decorative motifs. Of course, a technique called focus stacking had to be used to get all the … read more or write a comment …