Bee Emerging
I waited patiently for several minutes for this pollen-covered bee to emerge from this bloom on a prickly pear cactus at the Alamo in San Antonio. Taken 4-17-2013 at 10:49 a.m.
Technicals: Tamron 18-270 mm lens set at 84 mm, manual exposure (ISO 800, 1/250, f/8), matrix metering, AWB, edited in LR 4.4. Contest: Monthly Theme for April 2013: "Only Natural"
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Uploaded on April 30, 2013