With it being the start of May, some flowers seemed apropos. I ran over to Beach Club/EPCOT early in the day yesterday to see a friend who was in town and brought along my camera {and what I might have just reminded myself is my favorite lens}. Snapped a few pictures inside the Park (we really just sat at the tables on the water by Rose & Crown and chatted so not much sightseeing) and walking that stretch around Crescent Lake, but I took this, and about a million others, in that area of Beach Club off the Solarium, between the main building and the DVC section. You can see the blue buildings in the background.
The flowers, I'm told, are Agapanthus, or Lily (Lilies?) of the Nile. Their name comes from the Greek "agape" (love) and "anthos" (flower), so together their name means flower of love.
If you look carefully, you'll see some honey bees flitting about, too. They're why I spent so long in this spot taking pictures. Lily of the Nile is a pollinator favorite and they were hard at work.
Fun fact, bees can see ultraviolet light. Flowers like Agapanthus have UV patterns invisible to us that act like landing guides for them and other pollinators. It's amazing how much goes on under our noses that we don't even see.
Confession: When I went to Magic Kingdom with my 35mm over the weekend I was reminded how much that popular focal length kinda bores me, at least here. It's made to capture the whole scene, what your eye sees and a little more, and 9 times out of 10 I'd rather be zooming into some detail. So when I ducked out to see my friend yesterday, I very deliberately grabbed my 90mm. I had forgotten how much I love this lens—it also has macro capabilities, which basically means that you can get really close to things and the lens can still focus on them. So I could really get on top of these flowers.
For the shot in the print, if you're interested in these things (and I'm sorry if you're not because I've already rambled too much about the gear), I was at 90mm, 1/320 seconds, f/2.8, ISO 100.