There’s been a lot of talk about the demise of the honey bee, but we’re fortunate to have a swarming yard.

I wanted to give an old lens (Tamron 28-200 f/3.8-5.6) a try on the D40 and I was mostly happy with the results. It’s not an AF-S and as such doesn’t auto-focus so it took some getting used to manually focusing – bees are not forgiving.

I’m trying to decide between Lightroom and Aperture so this photo received more post-processing time than any other I’ve taken. As you can see I still have a lot of learning to do. I want to like Aperture, but I don’t – I do, however, like Lightroom 2 β. I’ll post when I decide.