Beautiful lighting! I used to grow them here in So CA. Wish I had photographed them more. I never had enough to make a nice bouquet. I hope this is hanging on your wall.
Photoshop, of course, is an excellent program. WIf you are a good student and can learn online or in a classroom, and practice everything you learn, then not much beats it.
That being said, On One offers a great stand-alone program, also a plug in. It has a lot of easy features, as well as many presets. You can use jpg as well as raw files.
Have fun...and get whatever gets you out from in front of the computer and back to being behind the camera.
Joan
Tammy, nice shot of the swarm.
When a hive gets too crowded or they want to divide, for a number of reasons, they put the queen on a diet and get her to flying weight. Previously, she was heavier, and just laid eggs.
The workers are busy turning a less-than-2-day-old larva into a new queen by feeding her royal jelly. This takes 16 days.
In the meantime, they are making preparations to fly.
One sunny day, the old queen and part of the hive will exit the space they've been living in, whether a tree, a hive box, or your shed. They will lite somewhere, send out scouts to find just the perfect new home that's just the right size for the group of bees. Some will go here, and some will go there. They come back, do a waggle dance, and collect votes. The new location with the most votes wins. It's called Honey Bee Democracy.
If you see a swarm, they usually are not aggressive because they are not protecting their babies. Just give them a few hours or a day or two, and they'll be in a new home. Call a beekeeper, so they can put out a box to collect them.
Please don't kill them, and don't use pesticides on your flowers.
You can google a bee club in your area.