Spring and Summer are right around the corner...

[polarsusd81]

With all these posts of flowers and the Hummers in the bird watching forum, I figured I would post up one of my favorite old summer images. This was shot at a metro Iris Garden a few years back on my old Canon Powershot G2. That camera was amazing for macro shots, still pull it out of the bag once in a while.

106mm (35mm equivalent) f5 at 1/640 sec. Less than 12" away from the bee.

[Steve Foss]

Ahhh, sweet! I love the dark green in the corner, then the bump to whites and the gradual darkening of color as you move from left to right. A great progression of color intensity that pulls your eye nicely.