Lift Off

We spent the last two days out at the coast celebrating our wedding anniversary. This morning found us walking through the town of Mendocino and later the Botanical Gardens. I was awestruck by the variety of shapes and colors of flowers which were in full bloom. The bumblebees were drawn to them in force and I spent a lot of time chasing them from bloom to bloom. Here is one photographed in mid takeoff from a blossom. There will be more flowers and ocean scenics to follow tomorrow. The dahlias were spectacular. God's love and blessings to all, chris Image created with a Canon 7D and a 100 mm macro lens. Camera Settings used AV mode, F5.0, 1/640 th of a sec.