This little creature spent a few days on our front porch. Well it wasn't so little - measuring about 10cm long. We found it's shell discarded nearby so it was just readying it's new skin before travelling off on new adventures.

Taken with a vintage Canon FD 100mm macro lens connected to my DSLR - haven't used this camera/ lens combination for a long time.

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Flowering succulent, my place.

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A flower in my back yard taken with a vintage Canon FD 55mm f1.2 lens attached to my DSLR.

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A bumble bee on one of the flowers in our back yard. Taken with a vintage Soviet Helios 44-2 lens attached to my DSLR.

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A flower in my back yard taken with a vintage Soviet Helios 44-2 58mm f2 lens attached to my DSLR.
I was attempting to photograph bumble bees doing their thing in the garden quite unsuccessfully (manual focus lens, shallow focus, fast moving object, etc) but this bee was just taking its time in the flower - covered in pollen. Unfortunately I think it was at the end of its life - was still there this morning, still moving but very slowly. A night away from the hive.
My six year old daughter was in tears when she realised.

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