Out of all the Honeybees at the beehive entrance there is only one headed inside with full yellow 'pollen baskets' on its hind legs...either that bee is running very late or the rest are just slackers, LOL. Canon FDn 200/4.0 Macro Lens on an NEX-7 View attachment 61123
We had a swarm on our back fence earlier this spring. Kind of scary there were so many bees, but good to see them as they are in distress of late.
Well, there were 3 hive towers side by side, probably 4' tall, bottom entry slot each. The Arboretum had a little metal sign stuck in the ground basically saying Honeybees are usually docile and don't bother people unless they feel they're being attacked / feel the need to defend themselves, etc. NOTE: I had to take a couple steps closer just to bend down and read the little sign, LOL. ( probably should have just read it through the lens )
PS: Surprised nobody commented on the majority of the photo being out of focus. Maybe it was so obvious to everyone else, but it was the first time I had ever experimented with a "Focus Feature". In this case, I put a "focus circle" around the bee with the full pollen baskets on its hind legs, and when activated, the rest of the photo went out of focus...seems tailor made for a photo like this one. I learn something new every day in this hobby...and what a perfect retirement hobby it's turned out to be.
I revisited the picture after reading this. Works for me, I didn't have any second thoughts about focus when I looked at the picture for the first time.
That's interesting...I had assumed the difference would have been more pronounced...used to seeing that feature used in news briefs, etc, where the rest of an image is not only out of focus but usually has some fog in it as well for a strong contrast...but I guess this feature worked well enough then as it is.
