According to Wiki, the origin or meaning of “Bee’s Knees” is sketchy but I heard that phrase often growing up. Anyway, here’s a photo of some bee’s knees…

Going back through some old photos and came across this one. It has a bit of a story so thought I’d share it.

On my birthday a few years ago and I was playing with a new birthday present; a Micro-Nikkor 105mm VR lens. We made a trip to Brown County State Park and I was trying to find something to shoot (and being amazed by the ‘thinness’ of the macro depth of field). I’m down on my hands and knees shooting a little wild flower when along comes this bee. Surprised, of course I started shooting like crazy and most shots went wildly errant. This one was salvageable and received more comments than most on flickr.

It may be my best example of ‘even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut’ shot because it was so totally unexpected. I would never have ‘tried’ to create this photo. I am allergic to bees and have been know to jump off of ladders in reaction to bee encounters. Just looking at this photo still gives me chills and a sense of wonder that I didn’t just chuck the camera and run…