Gathering Pollen

Smart. Perfect timing

What Patience you must possess. Brilliant and oh so skillful.

Truly stunning, not only the amazing capture of Red but the sharpness of the little busy bee!

Thank you Karl. The comment you make about the red is interesting. Pentax cameras don't do true reds very well as they tend to come out with a magenta tint. To get the tulip to be a true red tone I adjusted the red hue in Adobe Camera Raw and compared it to the actual flowers in the garden, this is pretty accurate to the true colour.

Sincere thanks to Giulio and Gray too

Regards
David

Really sorry Karl, so stupid of me

I've edited the comment to correct it!

Cheers
David

Cracking shot. Very nice.

I too am impressed by the authentic looking colour. The usual temptation is to overexpose and clip the reds in flowers, thereby losing the subtle details and pushing the colour towards orange or magneta. As you say, best sorted by processing raw.

You are forgiven

All of the above! Cracking shot

I agree with all the above comments and what makes it special for me is the green ray of light on the left-hand side,complementing the red colours and the bee flying into the picture perfectly.
Regards..tommyt.

It has all been said, what a cracker. I think I will take the camera into the garden today to see if I can pull off a shot like this (probably not).

Super shot David, I try to avoid bright red flowers etc as I find them difficult to get right. Practice makes perfect I suppose

Wow!
Hope I leach some of your skill from your Sigma!

Have to agree with this

Sorry i missed this one David, it's a stunner of a shot!

Thank you for your comments everyone.

Regards
David