The Eastern Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea is a colorful member of the Asteraceae family of flowering plants. This particular bloom in the garden at the Mount Washington Bed and Breakfast in Shelburne, New Hampshire, attracted detailed attention from this passing bee.
Eastern Purple Coneflower | ©2012 David Allio
Innkeeper Mary Ann Mayer expressed concern that the flowerbeds around her B & B were not in the best condition for photographs. But neither the flowers nor the bees seemed to mind.
A passing cloud provided a natural softbox for the lighting of this photograph created with a Nikon D3 camera fitted with a Nikkor Micro AF 60mm f/2.8D lens. The exposure data includes an aperture of f/11, a hand-held shutter speed of 1/200th of a second with a film speed of 800 ISO.
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