Bees, Bokeh

There has been a brief week long respite from the rain. That may have been the British summertime: blink and you'll miss it. 

Honey Bee Apis Mellifera on Blue Hebe

 I have been darting around a Hebe, challenging auto focus to capture Bees for the nth time. 

Honey Bee in flight

 It's been enjoyable playing around with photography again, I love the difference that a change in aperture can make. In these images there is a very shallow depth of field with, dare I say it, a hint of Bokeh. Hopefully more Bokeh  to come.

Honey Bee feasting on Blue Hebe

Until next time...

The Swarm

It's taken me the best part of a day (thanks to file formatting/compression/my Youtube account using a different email address to my Blogger, etc, etc) but it is finally here. This is my bee movie. I apologise for the quality but it had to be small enough to upload. I have gone for the inevitable 'Flight of the Bumblebee' soundtrack: it's a classic for a reason.

Now for something completely different

It has been some time since my last post and there has been one reason for this: rain. Here in England it has rained almost every single day in June.


I'm trying to get back on top of things by using some of the ideas I had for images I took back when there was still some semblance of Summer. 


This blog has so far, featured insects alone. I'll admit I love photographing insects but they are not the only thing I aim my camera at. Wildlife photography is my favourite kind of photography, I love the thrill of being in the right place at the right second and getting that shot. I do want to branch out and develop my skills in other fields, like architectural photography, Landscapes and maybe even a little abstract. 


For now, Wildlife is my focus (I love puns) but it's not all beetles, bugs and butterflies.


Sometimes I shoot birds*

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

 These are just some off the cuff photos I took when on a walk near the Severn bridge but I really want to add a little variety, otherwise I may have to change the name to 'Frances Photographs Bugs'.

Pied Wagtail (M.alba alba)

I will leave you with this Wagtail stretching its wing and the promise that I will update more regularly, despite rain (maybe a little rain photography?) and the bee video is in the works, I promise.

*With my camera, obviously