{"id":14626,"date":"2021-09-06T06:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T10:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14626"},"modified":"2021-09-06T06:23:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T10:23:54","slug":"bumblebee-in-the-turtlehead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14626","title":{"rendered":"Bumblebee in the Turtlehead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Someone gave us a few Turtlehead plants many years ago, and they have grown into 4 substantial clumps in the shade of the trees along either edge of our yard. Turtleheads are more commonly a flower of the stream-side. We have the white variety growing wild along the Kennebunk River not from from home. They are such a strange flower, closed in on themselves and not very inviting, but the big bumblebees we have here in Southern Maine seem to like them, and are very busy forcing their ways into the throat of the turtle and back out again laden with pollen. I was out with my iPhone for some macro and semi-macro shots. This one was taken with the Sirui 60mm portrait lens on the Moment thin case at about 2x digital zoom with the standard Apple Camera app. Smart HDR engaged. Processed in Apple Photos. <\/p>\n

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