Crowded Flower

: Crowded Flower; With the drought in full swing the bees are not finding many flowers this spring. Each prickly pear cactus flower had two or more bees.; Created by: Karenmoen.; Tools Used: Nikon D200 (18-200); Created on: April 2008; Image Views: 49; Average Views per Day: 0.1; Image Number: 48779

Comments:

Karenmoen from United States of America on Jun 2, 2008 at 10:44 PM said:

Thank you, Jas. I appreciate your kind words.

Jas from England on Jun 2, 2008 at 9:47 AM said:

Great close-up of this beautiful cactus bloom, with bees; nice sharp image and lovely colour saturation. A really interesting image to view. :)

Karenmoen from United States of America on May 31, 2008 at 8:11 PM said:

Thank you, Alandra, Chriss35, Alovely, Bubbalinn and Marysham, for viewing and leaving your kind feedback. This poor flower seemed to have suffered from all the visitors. It looked rather flattened. Yes, Alandra, after the mishap in Vancouver I bought a Nikon D200 and the versatile Nikkor 18-200 lens. I do miss the 80-400 for birds pics. One day I will take it to be repaired. I also bought a new tripod that will hold up better, I hope!

Marysham from USA on May 31, 2008 at 11:55 AM said:

Nice clarity and color. Beautiful shot Karen.

Bubbalinn from Golden Valley, Arizona. on May 30, 2008 at 6:10 PM said:

Great photo Karen.. I recognized the bloom right off :) It's good to know that the tough cactus are saving the bees and other insects.

Alovely from Maine, U.S.A. on May 30, 2008 at 10:56 AM said:

Beautifully captured flower and bees. The color of this flower is

so enjoyable to view. Those bees are certainly enjoying the sweetness

of this cactus bloom.

Chriss35 from England on May 30, 2008 at 10:28 AM said:

A very nice image Karen, I do like flowers with insects as well.

Alandrapal from Canada on May 30, 2008 at 2:56 AM said:

great macro, Karen, of both the flower and the bees.