In the Background is today’s theme @ Paula’s Thursday’s Special. I love macro and have some really good shots I would love to post but I cannot seem to find them. So in their place are these two I took this past October. The thing I am discovering about macro is the background needs to have a decent bokeh or consist of a single color (solid blue sky for example). The subject of your macro needs to be in the depth of field and the correct background makes it “pop”. I have a nice shot in B&W of a bonfire I took that has no reflections on the background and the solid black background helps draw your eye to the flames…..but that is for another post.
Daffodil Hill Photography 
I’m glad you couldn’t find your others because I love these! Bees and wasps are so hard to catch. Good work.
Thank You and you are right they never stop moving it seems but the saying busy as a bee is a saying for a reason, right? ;
Beautiful example of a creamy bokeh, John. Thank you for your participation.
My pleasure Paula.
great macros. and I had to smile at ‘sedate’ comment.
Thanks Klara! I am glad there is no way to sedate them because the way pollinators will converge on a small stand of flowers is one of natures wonderful dance moves.
Wonderful photos! I am in awe of photographers that take such clear and detailed pictures.
Thanks for your gracious words Patricia!
The truth is the camera is just a box and if I simply show up sometimes I can capture some wonderful things. This are not of my making but they are wonderful things none the less.~ John
If this were true everyone would be amazing photographers.
I do not deny I have been blessed with the ability to take a good photo but I never judge a photo by my standards. If the subject sings to you, the quality doesn’t matter because amazing is in the eye of the beholder….or something along those lines 🙂
I hadn’t thought of it this way. Makes sense.