Bee Picture Attempts

This afternoon I went to the library to drop off and pick up books. As usual I again made attempts to take some good bee pictures.

Library, trees, flag, half staffHere are the trees in front of the library where I attempt to take pictures of honey bees.

You can also see that the flag is at half-staff to honor the victims of the tragedy in Indiana earlier this week.

bees, library, bumblebee, honey bee, natureHere is one of my best captures of the day. The honey bee is hard at work collecting.

bees, library, bumblebee, honey bee, natureHere is another bee looking for a target. I like the way that the bee is partly in the sun and partly in the shadows.

bees, library, bumblebee, honey bee, natureNow on to the community rose garden. Can you see the bee in this picture? I took a lot of pictures trying to get a good shot of this bee. It never landed, and hardly ever slowed down. However, it would at times hover.

bees, library, bumblebee, honey bee, natureHere is my best picture of the bumblebee. I was lucky that I was focused on a nearby leaf.

I captured the ‘Golden Snitch.’

Which bee picture do you like best?

Steven

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Sensor Field

Today at our new office I took a walk around the building exploring the landscape.

Ned Kahn, art, sensor, wind, environmentOne of the nice things is an art installation called Sensor Field, 2020.

Ned Kahn, art, sensor, wind, environmentThis is really hard to show in static pictures, but I found it very interesting. As the wind blows the art changes.

Ned Kahn, art, sensor, wind, environmentCan you tell here that the individual pieces rotate downward as the wind blows?

Ned Kahn, art, sensor, wind, environmentAs the wind blows you can see the direction and intensity by watching the sensor field. The same as sensors in technology let us know what is happening over an array of points.

Ned Kahn, art, sensor, wind, environmentYou can definitely see which way the wind is blowing and at what intensity. You can also see that the wind is not the same across the array.

Just as this piece by Ned Kahn helps make wind, which is invisible, visible. The many different types of sensors utilized by Zeiss products help doctors, scientists, engineers, manufacturers, artists, sportsmen and many others bring better visibility to what is around them as they make decisions that affect our lives.

Steven

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