Color photo. A black and yellow honey bee collects nectar from a lavender plant. It is surrounded by other lavender plants, all of them on brilliant green stalks and growing upwards.

Getting caught up on editing photos from a trip to Sequim at the end of July.  That part of the Olympic Peninsula is a very productive lavender region, and many farms large & small are open to the public during the summer.  Needless to say it’s a pretty popular destination for photographers at the height of the growing season.

This also makes it very popular with your friendly neighborhood pollinators.  When you’re standing in the middle of the fields, and all other noises die down, you’re left with the pleasant drone of thousands upon thousands of bees.

Also, a reminder: I’ll be at Kenmore Camera this evening from 5:30 to 6:30 for the artists reception and awards ceremony of the Kenmore Art Show.  Hope to see you there!

Gear: Nikon Z7 II, Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8

Color photo. A black and yellow honey bee collects nectar from a lavender plant. It is surrounded by other lavender plants, all of them on brilliant green stalks and growing upwards.
Color photo. A black and yellow bumble bee collects nectar from a lavender plant. It is surrounded by other lavender plant, all of them on brilliant green stalks and growing from left to right.
Color photo. Two lavender stalks growing upwards beside each other. Each has a yellow and black honey bee collecting nectar on it. They are seen at the height of the flowers, and behind them is a sea of lavender receding into the distance.
Color photo. A row of lavender, receding into the distance at the top of the frame. The closest stalks are slightly out of focus, as are the stalks in the distance, leaving the tallest stalks, in the center of the frame, in sharpest focus.
Color photo. A black and yellow honey bee, seen from the side, collecting nectar from a tiny white flower that is surrounded by other tiny white flowers and green leaves.