I was walking around the garden minding my own business and thing to catch some nice bokeh.
Flower here, flower there, some butterfly, bugs and flies, some nicely shaped eaves... usual stuff.
Hold on a second..
What is there?
Is that a bee?
Yes it is :) Sweet!
Well, not so sweet for her.
This is not a macro lens so cropping the images too much is not the best idea. But you can see the little white crab spider and his bee dinner, right?
Those spider amaze me each time. They hide so well under the petals! The often hunt on flowers that have the same colour so they are almost invisible. Poor bee had no chance.
Spiders gotta eat.
The lens is great for all the lovely swirls though. The place was in more shaded part of the garden, so no so many bubbly bokeh, but it is still pretty nice if it comes to colours and sharpness.
And of course this lovely "wet" bokeh... all smudged as if the background was under the water. Love it!
Foolish song for today:
Archive - Fool
year 2002
Shot with Sony a7R + Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 50mm f1.4 lens
All photos and text are my own.
Photos are great!
But I'm very sorry for the bee :-(
Thanks!
Happens... spiders have to eat too.
Better to eat more aphids :-)
Yes, poor bee... you took the photo of a spider's dinner
#foodphotography :D
Yes, that is what I meant but didn't come to mind the word as a tag 😂
@pixresteemer(1/5) gave you
These shots are very brilliant and those flowers are very soothing onto my eyes.
The Camouflage of the spider beneath those white flowers amazed me too. I really loved those photographs ❤
I am glad you do. The spider rocks, doesn't it :)
Fotografías realmente hermosas, gracias por permitirnos disfrutar de ellas, saludos y bendiciones para esta nueva semana.
Thank you! Have a great weekend :)
Looking at the first picture I just only say: Wow!!! The petals are so pretty, they look so amazing.
They are pretty :)
Wow, unbelievable ! I have never seen a white spider before, that is such a perfect camouflage for him. Poor bee, but yes that is natural selection! Beautiful pictures
Once I found one that was all completely yellow. And he was, obviously, hunting on yellow flowers. They are so hard to spot sometimes...
That's so amazing how they blend in , I'm always fascinated by nature and animals and how they use their "super powers" for survival.
Aw, poor bee indeed. It is all part of the ecosystem, though.
Fun pictures!
Thanks!
I don't like to see bees being hunted, but as you say. It's all part of the ecosystem.
Intriguing, and definitely amazing. ❤️
Nicely taken! Great work dear friend @ewkaw
Thanks! :)
I love this kind of photo format. You were walking in the park, but by chance you were able to capture the world of insects. These are really interesting observations and cool photos! Thank you :)
Thanks a lot :)
Ouuuu no, poor bee. :/
Interesting bokeh from Biotar, like it.
It is a very cool lens for bokeh! Also the more bubbly one.
Impressive photography 📸
Thanks :)
You forgot to add the NSFW tag.
Thats a bee raping the poor little bisexual flowers.
You really are a furry, capturing every private life of any smol animal. *(In 4k might i add)
Well you did post this on the Hive Engine so i can't really complain. Just be sure to milk as much honey as you can
Ohhh you haven't seen the real NSFW I was posting.
The camera which you use in taking this picture is top notch I must say and the spider had some advantages over the bed by hiding under the flower
That camera is really cool, but it is all bout the lens. It does magic :)
Oh my god! I've never seen a spider like that. Perhaps neither has the bee. If I were the bee, I'd probably be captured too. Completely caught by surprise. You know, that's what I love about shooting macro nature. You never know what you'll find as you get closer and closer. Amazing.
The bees and often wasps have almost no chances with those spiders.
I pretty often do not see them myself. Only after I check the photos on the pc I get a nice surprise :)
Always love those types of surprises. :)
This was terrifying in the most beautiful way imaginable!