Coneflowers and their visitors
Jul 21, 2020 07:16:12 #
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Lincoln Park
Chicago, IL
July 2020
The common name "cone flower" comes from the characteristic center "cone" at the center of the flower head.
Coneflower and visitor by Paul Sager, on Flickr
The generic name Echinacea is rooted in the Greek word "echinos", meaning "hedgehog", in reference to the spiky appearance and feel of the flower heads.
Coneflower
All images feature the EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM, with the EF 2x III, mounted to an EOS 5DIII, captured in RAW and processed in Lightroom 6 and Topaz DeNoise 6.
Coneflower and visitor
Most bumblebees are social insects that form colonies with a single queen. The colonies are smaller than those of honey bees, growing to as few as 50 individuals in a nest.
Coneflower visitor
In the Americas, the monarch ranges from southern Canada through northern South America.
Coneflower and visitor
Female bumblebees can sting repeatedly, but generally ignore humans and other animals.
Coneflower visitor
Like their relatives the honeybees, bumblebees feed on nectar, using their long hairy tongues to lap up the liquid; the proboscis is folded under the head during flight.
Coneflower
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Lincoln Park
Chicago, IL
July 2020
The common name "cone flower" comes from the characteristic center "cone" at the center of the flower head.
Coneflower and visitor by Paul Sager, on Flickr
The generic name Echinacea is rooted in the Greek word "echinos", meaning "hedgehog", in reference to the spiky appearance and feel of the flower heads.
Coneflower
All images feature the EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM, with the EF 2x III, mounted to an EOS 5DIII, captured in RAW and processed in Lightroom 6 and Topaz DeNoise 6.
Coneflower and visitor
Most bumblebees are social insects that form colonies with a single queen. The colonies are smaller than those of honey bees, growing to as few as 50 individuals in a nest.
Coneflower visitor
In the Americas, the monarch ranges from southern Canada through northern South America.
Coneflower and visitor
Female bumblebees can sting repeatedly, but generally ignore humans and other animals.
Coneflower visitor
Like their relatives the honeybees, bumblebees feed on nectar, using their long hairy tongues to lap up the liquid; the proboscis is folded under the head during flight.
Coneflower
These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
Jul 21, 2020 07:24:40 #
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Jul 21, 2020 07:39:14 #
Jul 21, 2020 08:39:29 #
Thank you Dave, John, John! This past Monday was the first time the coneflowers were in bloom here along the lake in Chicago. The bumblebees were out in force.
Jul 21, 2020 10:35:11 #
Jul 21, 2020 12:06:14 #
Jul 21, 2020 12:59:28 #
Thank you Sylvia, Ken! I've been waiting all spring and now half of summer for the coneflowers to arrive here in Chicago. Finally.
Jul 22, 2020 06:26:48 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum br Lincoln Park br ... (show quote)
Beautiful images Paul
Jul 22, 2020 09:43:30 #
Jul 22, 2020 09:49:36 #
Jul 22, 2020 09:51:24 #
Paul, fabulous images ie bee on coneflower. Their is a garden at the bid hospital in plymouth,ma callled the garden of hope which has a beautiful bed of coneflowers and i go their every year to take photos of bees on them etc. On these photos with the macro lens i assume you are using a tripod. Fantastic photography!! 
Jul 22, 2020 10:01:09 #
redfordl wrote:
Paul, fabulous images ie bee on coneflower. Their ... (show quote)
Thank you redfordl, and yes, these are all from a tripod. I realized too late to update that the comment about all the images being from the extended 300L is wrong, as I was swapped to the 180L for probably all the bumblebeds. I set the tripod to the desired height and position and two-hand the camera body on a loose ballhead to track the bees and shoot.
Jul 22, 2020 10:01:15 #
Thank you Jack, SENSORLOUPE, Sippy, redfordl! I was thinking coneflowers came earlier in the summer, but I just searched my LR catalog and don't have any images earlier than July. I guess my theory we had a long cold Spring doesn't hold up against the documented evidence of prior years. Glad you enjoyed these newest results.
Jul 22, 2020 10:08:56 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum br Lincoln Park br ... (show quote)
Oh Paul Good Job man.. love the closeups and those Bees on them.The color is wonderful and luscious .
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