Far From the Madding Crowd: Tawny Mining Bee

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Tawny Mining Bee

Tawny Mining Bee, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

I bought myself a Lumix DMC-TZ25 camera. I took this picture using the macro, it has been heavily cropped but the results are good, well pleased with the camera. I got it for my handbag so everywhere I go I have a camera with me and no missed opportunities, I hope:-) This is a Tawny Mining Bee, it is tiny and it does not sting.

5 comments:

Gerry Snape said...: I love my Lumix too... great pic!!; 23 April 2013 at 22:40
Linda said...: Wonderful photo!; 24 April 2013 at 00:57
holdingmoments said...: Excellent shot Linda. Such a tiny bee too.; 24 April 2013 at 04:19
Richard Pegler said...: Very impressive photo, Linda. What a lovely little bee!; 24 April 2013 at 15:55
Roy Norris said...: Brilliant macro Lyn.; 24 April 2013 at 19:37

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I have taken the title of my blog from Thomas Hardy's fourth novel 'Far From the Madding Crowd' which he wrote in 1874. He took his title from Thomas Gray's poem 'Elegy written in a Country Churchyard' completed in 1750. Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset where he lived for most of his life and where he based the stories in his novels. The word 'madding' means frenzied and there is a sense of freedom I get being out in the countryside and being close to nature away from the frenzied atmosphere of the towns and cities. I live in Dorset and like Thomas Hardy, it is where I have lived for most of my life, my blog is mostly about nature in Dorset. I am a member of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. I will include my garden and anything of interest about the natural world in Britain.