Photo: Greig Metzer
“The bees were really focused on the plant, so I figured I could get quite close to grab the shot, and they wouldn’t pay any attention to me,” Greig Metzer says. Metzer captured the busy bees last year in mid-August, when the native Joe Pye weed in his backyard was in full bloom.
Photographer: Greig Metzer
Title: Backyard Bee
Category: Wildlife
Award: First Place
Equipment: OM Systems OM-1 Mark II and 60mm macro lens
