I went back to East Keswick a few weeks later armed with a better quality camera and a macro lens in order to take some better pictures. Instead of sticking to the bushes and flowers of peoples gardens I headed out to the marshland, a known spot for observing nature. There's a lot of wild, untamed grass perfect for the growth of wild flowers and perfect for bumble bees.
Although the quality of the photos was vastly improved from the first time round, finding and snapping pictures of the subjects proved a lot, lot harder. In order to get close enough to a single bee I had to wade through long grass surrounded by other insects, and, 9 times out of 10, by the time I got close enough they'd usually fly away.
I picked a handful of the best photos from the day and edited them using ACDSee, a simple photo editing software.
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