Good morning and today I have been thinking about cameras and bees. The bees first. My wife's rucksack finally fell apart the other week, so she bought another. This time brightly colored and very girlie.  I say that because it has a great big yellow plastic flower attached to the closing clasp on its back. I try to ignore it, not her, she is lovely, but that awful flower. However the other day whilst out walking we sat and had a rest for a short while after climbing a hill, when and a lovely big bumble bee joined us. Very nice you might say, But this poor confused bee took one look at this awful plastic flower and dived at it and spent some time trying to get nectar from its inner most plastic parts. In the end it gave up. Poor chap.

But enough about bees and now about cameras, as much pomposity and hot wind is wasted talking about them. The question so often being, "A real camera or a mobile phone camera, which is the best". Now I do have real sophisticated and complex camera, I also have a phone camera, so which is best. I have come to the conclusion that both are  super, its all about what are you are photographing and why are you photographing it. The above picture was done with my phone; quick snaps as I walked along with Liz. There was no thought as to exposure, focusing, colour temperature, or any thing else; just point and shoot: great. If I had used my proper camera the shots would have been more exact and possibly more correct, but would have taken all day to take, which would have defeated the issue. By the way Liz would have grumbled. So for quick snap shot photo sketch's, the mobile wins. But if you want a short with lasting quality, with the "oh my oh my" breath taking look about it, to blow up to the size of your living room wall, my complicated beast wins every time. So I happily carry them both.

By the way the flower on the bottom row , in the center, is it a Bistort. Any one out there more knowledgeable than me.

Oh well must get on.

Love Duncan