The Happiness of the Bee

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."

- Jacques Yves Cousteau

This is undoubtedly best viewed large.

I had been eyeing up this Bird of Paradise in our front garden for a few days, but didn't have time - or light - to photograph it during the week. Today I popped outside to do so, and noticed there was a bee doing its bee-business. That changed the shot I went for, to focus more on the bee.

Lumix G10, iPad, Photogene (cropped, sharpened a touch, slight S curve), Blipfoto iPhone app.