Carpenter Bee

[Callie]

Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa caffra, leaving a blue water lily at Lake Panic Bird hide, Kruger NP, Mpumalanga, South Africa
D500; 500PF; F/7.1, 1/2000; ISO 450

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[gordon_g]

I don't see the tool belt??? we need a macro Shot!

 

[Gongster]

Love the pastel shades of the flower (water lily?) and background, they give the bee a bit of oomph!

 

[ssheipel]

Amazing how the bee leaving the blossom looks so much different than when flying into, compositionally speaking; love it.

 

[Yezdi]

Nice capture Callie...Love it..

 

[Tadzio]

Very nice picture Callie

 

[Callie]

I don't see the tool belt??? we need a macro Shot!

Gordon - I was carrying it!