This poppy is so gorgeous. I can't fault the bee.

Quite beautiful, Astrid.

Beautiful detail in the poppy. The backdrop works really well.

And...I think you captured a hoverfly rather than a bee.

Wonderful, great detail captured super colour

Now except for the vertical line in the pic, this rocks

Sheer delight mijn vriend. What a beautiful shot to wake upto
Great capture Astrid, you have started my day off with a smile

Picturit: Tracy, my dear friend, I am so happy that I make you smile, you made me smile when I see the place you are right now, I know I will hear all about it next week, have a great day, talk you soon and thank you for your kind words as ever,
Astrid

Absolutely superb, Astrid

c'est superbe... ces couleurs, cette lumière...

Hover fly or bee, vertical line or not, this is just stunning to me, Astrid. I love everything about it, especially that your signature is in the shaded spot. Don't ask me why but I love that. And it looks like a pat of butter there in the poppy's center! Have never seen it look like that before. It's a feast for sore eyes!

Picturit: Thank you so much for your kind words, my signature was put there on purpose, I love the thin lines, he does not distract the picture, I choose the same colour as the wood for it.
Tomorrow you will see the kind of poppies I have in my garden, it are just plain ones, but oh so beautiful to capture in the early sunlight.
I am glad it did good for some sore eyes, meer dan je weet.
Astrid

Well caught. Beautiful vibrant colours!

Wonderful composition Astrid. Colours and lighting are superb!

Wow fantastic shot Astrid.

I really like this and I agree with Stan, maybe a crop would make it perfect

een geweldige close-up van een klaproos- het rood, het geel zijn prachtig! Ik zou een bij willen zijn- op dit moment!

You have captured the bee in perfect focus, contrasting well with the softness of the poppy. It doesn't look like a normal bee to me!
Ingrid

Picturit: Thank you for your kinds words Ingrid, it is the same poppy as from Monday, I just waited for the sun to peek into the flower, the 'bee' is a hoverfly...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly
Astrid.

He finds the poppy as exquisite as I do. Good job.

Imagine what the world must be like to a 'hover fly?' on this scale. Goedemorgen and a very well taken picturit - I like the fire of the red given off so powerfully by the flower's petal. Then the dark areas remind me of the colour of coughie, how I would like another kupje. I think I will sign off and go and make some.

hartelijke groeten.

Picturit: Thank you so much Chad-in-front-of-a-computer, I would love to be a hoverfly, I would fly all around the world, see all the beautiful places I see on the posts of SC, I even will see and try to find that long and not winding road you are now on...we would have the black coughie, koffie, whatever we call it and yes I will get you another kupje....and we would have a blast and I would fly off to see other bloggers who will brew some coughie....I know to much koffie is not good for the stomach...but it is great for the wings.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Chad-in-front-of-a-computer.
Hartelijke groeten.
Astrid

Very good colorful and a great light! It is a precious photo that fills all the screen!

Picturit: José-Angel, thank you so much for your kind words.
Astrid.

Lovely lovely capture.

Picturit: Thank you so much for your kind words.
Astrid.

Wonderful capture!

Picturit: Thank you Caryn and thank you for visiting my blog.
Astrid

Sharp with a very interesting choice of background. Well seen!

Picturit: That background is our wooden fench, this is the same flower as from Monday.
Thank you for your kind words.
Astrid

Oh this is beautiful Astrid.

Picturit: Thank you so much Bil,
Astrid.

Is he resting, Astrid? I couldn't rest in that vivid color, would have to drink drink drink.

You always manage to give an edgy, more interesting take on . . . well, on everything.

Picturit: Thank you so much for your kind words, I appreciate them very much, it is always nice to know that some of my pictures are liked by others too, that gives me the joy and the move to go on and try the most best I can, I know this is NOT English, but you know what I mean.
I don't know if he was resting, I think he was collecting the pollen??
Astrid.

Such a lovely picture Astrid, you should be very proud of this one.

Picturit: I am Brian, it is the same flower as from Monday only 3 hours later, I intended to capture it and there I saw the two tenants.
Thank you so much for you always kind words.
Astrid.

I think that fly is addicted

Very sharp except the pod that caught a little bit too much light. Still a strong and colourful picture.

Picturit: It is, , I know the yellow is too bright, I was not able to soften it, in winter I have some more time to figure out to work with layers....
Astrid.

is he the King of Hoverflies - he looks as if he has a golden helmet
coffee bad for the stomach - OMG I have around 8 mugs per day ! and 2 jars of honey ...... nectar

Picturit: It almost looks that way, Jude, SO much coughie is bad for the health, it keeps you wake though ......so you take honey in your Koffie too??
I sometimes do that, normally only milk.
Thank you Jude for visiting,
Astrid.

A hot macro shot! I like it too much!

Picturit: Thank you so much for your kind words.
Thanks for visiting.
Astrid.