Life through the eyes of a bee. I may be amongst the most important living creatures. I live in the an old neglected orchard of a farm called St Frideswide which now belongs to Christchurch but which once belonged to Henry VIII. I have everything I need for my life. A safe hive, protection against field mice, a ready supply of pollen to feed the larvae and nectar to make the honey, all from the blossom in the orchard, the rape planted by the farmer, flowers on the roadside -
and there are many thoughtfully planted gardens nearby. I have a ready supply of water from rain puddles a stream and if that dries up there always seems to be wet moss from which I enjoy sucking the water, I have compound eyes and see a different part of the spectrum from humans so my world looks very different.
Great perspective idea, Seonaid! Is that filter scientifically accurate?
ReplyDeleteI like that you've thought about what a bee might see. I wonder if you should have used more angles, though because bees don't always fly/land horizontal?
The pollen or lack of shows up really well on #4. I like the flower with drink can in the background - both are attractive to a bee!
I can see that a lot of thought has gone into several of the photos' composition, and I think some (esp. the stream) are beautiful, although I must confess the grainyness and the bee's colours do take a lot off my enjoyment! Of course, that's part of the assignment, and interesting to see how a bee sees.
The colours have added an interesting effect on the grain feeder (is it?), specifically on the shadowed/dirty tiles around it.
See you for our last class tonight!
Thanks Rich. No, confession - it was technically way beyond me. I am told that the compound eyes are effectively like a honeycomb hexagonal effect - obviously. But how could I do that? So I compromised by giving maximum graininess. And then the colours were too difficult for me too. Bees don't see the infra red we see but see far more at the UV end of the spectrum. So I decided on an impression rather than scientific accuracy. However it was all fascinating! What amazing little creatures - another confession - I had a nightmare crash which lost the best photos - inside the hive with all sorts of wonderful things going on.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea and also the attempt at seeing thing totally different! Would love to understand how you got the colour effects. Really it shows that you tried to think from the bee's perspective without loosing your photographic edge. Shame about the technical problems would have liked to see your other photos.
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