You Capture : Busy Bees

Yesterday on my way home from work I stopped at Volkspark am Weinberg to have a look at the small flower garden there and was amazed to see how many bees were still working hard in the late afternoon sun.  I had in mind to take a few pictures of the flowers with the light at different angles. I'm trying to practice taking pictures 'lit from the back' and 'lit from the front' and understand how this changes the final image.  Flowers seem to be an appropriate subject having oodles of patience, a capacity to keep still while I slowly, slowly, slowly frame the shot and as an added bonus, they are a  reasonably interesting subject matter.  

Anyway, I got completely distracted by the bees.  So industrious.  So busy going about their pursuit for the perfect flower. I'm sure the other people in the park thought I was mad as I chased the bees from one flower to the next trying to get the perfect shot.  I felt like I was entering into some special world of theirs (the bees that is), seeing them taking flight into the breeze and hovering 'just so' until the breeze moved the flower to create the perfect landing pad. 

I have to confess that before yesterday bees and I were really just distant acquaintances who tried our best to avoid each other.  The thought of getting in their path would have had me leaping away in case I got stung and had some rather unfortunate "My Girl" incident.  Childhood movies have a lot to answer for, don't you think?  I'm not saying we're friends yet - but yesterday's introduction went a long way towards breaking down the barriers.

This last picture is my entry for 'In a Yellow House' photo challenge, which is "Animal Kingdom".  This month it's being hosted by Ashley over at Rambings and Photos.