Can you stand another Wood Lily? Yesterday, after posting my Wood Lilies in the morning, I began to regret not having seen them in full sun. For one thing, more light would give me greater depth of field, and, with the length of the petals and the tall anthers, that would be a good thing :). For another it would bring out the vibrant color of the blooms. Of course I would have to deal with harsher shadows…but…all in all more light light on the Wood Lilies seemed a thing to be desired. So I got on my scooter at lunch time and took a run out to where I had seen them on Sunday.

Of course, they were all gone. Ah well…next year.

But then, as I found some dragonflies to keep me busy, I was still there when two birders drove up, looking for the specialties of the area. In the course of the conversation, I mentioned photographing the the Wood Lilies and my disappointment that they were gone. “Oh there’s lots of them over on the other side of the road.” They described where to look, and I did, and they were, indeed, lots of them…several stands of 30 or more plants…and those were just the ones I found.

I like this shot for the two lilies, for the depth, and for the tiny Green Metallic Bee down at the base of the petal on the far right. 🙂 Of course I did not see the bee until this morning when selecting an image to post. But any Green Metallic Bee is a bonus not to be passed by. Or that’s what I think. (If you want a good look at the bee…click here for the Google+ lightbox. When it opens, place your pointer over the bee, and rotate the mouse wheel forward. The image will zoom in. You can get an even larger view by clicking on the upper right corner of the image to open it in full screen mode and doing the same zoom trick. It requires a delicate touch to do with a two finger drag on a trackpad, but it can be done.)

Samsung Smart Camera WB250F. Macro Mode. 34mm equivalent field of view.  f3.4 @ 1/1000th @ ISO 100. Processed in PicSay Pro on the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone.