It’s Sunday and FAB FOTO FRIDAY didn’t take place on time (again!) BUT YET I DO have some fantastic photos to share with everyone. Murray, Pbenjay’s Blog’s resident photographer went to Central Park and visited The Conservatory Gardens which are located in the northern end of the park between East 104th St to 106th St. The grand entrance to this part of Manhattan’s verdant jewel is framed by a gate which was part of the former Vanderbilt mansion that stood on present site of Bergdorf Goodman, the width of which stretched from East 57th to 58th St. The gates, then as now, guarded the entrance to a beautiful garden. Step into The Conservatory Gardens with me and through the magical macro lens of Murray’s camera, we’ll see Mother Nature up close and personal.
Honey Bee perched on a rose petal
Madame Butterfly
Bee Cosying Up to a Yellow Flower
Monochromatic Mother Nature
Yellow-Jacketed Wasp Scaling A Stem
Snow Pearl Butterfly
Lady Bug on a Leaf
Bzzz bzzz bzzz
Hornet Wating to be Seated for Dinner
All photos courtesy of Murray Head
Aren’t these just amazing pictures? It was hard to pick just a few to show you, so I hope to be publish more in a future blog. I tried to think of which one I liked the best and couldn’t begin to decide. Even if I had to pick only from this bunch, I’m not sure, but I might say the Bzz Bzzz bzzz really did it for me with the wings caught in motion to the point where for a moment you think you are watching a video!! And then this last photo was just magnificent; I had about 4 tag lines for it and couldn’t decide what sounded better. Soooo I’m offering everyone a chance to send in a new caption for the bee inside the purple flower. Please send as a comment to this post or send me an email. I’ll publish the entries next week.
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Hi Murray,
I enjoyed the photos so much on Marie Winn’s site I decided to see if you have a blog. You do!
One correction, you have two photos of honeybees in this selection – the first one and the next to the last! I am visiting NYC for a small amount of time on Thursday and will be going to see the pollinators at the Conservatory Garden too!
Bee-sy me!
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