“ Bee pollination of my Salvia microphylla ”
Salvia Baby Sage (Salvia microphylla). This stunning smaller growing Salvia puts on a display of salmon pink to soft red flowers for most of the year in warmer climates.
Salvias are a riot of colour from spring through to autumn. Usually quite drought tolerant and only needing watering ...
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  • Wendy Walker Edited a year ago

    Really great capture of the bee.  Love the soft colours of the Salvias.  Nicely photographed.

    Really great capture of the bee.  Love the soft colours of the Salvias.  Nicely photographed.

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  • Lance Mayer Edited a year ago

    Great shot! That's a lot of depth of field, especially for f/4! The whole bee looks sharp as well as plenty of the… more

    Great shot! That's a lot of depth of field, especially for f/4! The whole bee looks sharp as well as plenty of the flower.

    A polarizing filter might have removed the shiny side of the bee but I would not have
    thought that that would have been required out in field.

    Great colors, too! Nice bokeh.

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  • Diana Jones Edited a year ago

    Great detail and color. Love the focus

    Great detail and color. Love the focus

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  • Wendy Wilson Edited a year ago

    Great focus on that bee and the colours are lovely as well.  I love trying to get bee photos in my salvia as well but it is not easy, so I appreciate your success… more

    Great focus on that bee and the colours are lovely as well.  I love trying to get bee photos in my salvia as well but it is not easy, so I appreciate your success here.

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Olympus E-M5 MarkII Olympus OLYMPUS M.12-100mm F4.0
1/200 f/4.5 200 80

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