Wasps
Aug 2, 2021 12:24:53 #
Beautiful set. Although I have a 90mm macro lens I often use the same camera/lens combination for bugs, especially ones that sting 
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Aug 2, 2021 12:30:32 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Beautiful set. Although I have a 90mm macro lens I often use the same camera/lens combination for bugs, especially ones that sting
Thank you Curmudgeon.
I like the 'social distancing' approach for photographing bugs from a distance. 😊Even the ones that do not sting - butterflies and dragons - tend to get spooked if you get too close.
Aug 2, 2021 14:22:57 #
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Aug 2, 2021 15:59:44 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
Great images. I write with fountain pens and there are several shades of blue and blue-black on the wasp's wings that would wonderful shades for inks.
Aug 2, 2021 17:43:35 #
RodeoMan wrote:
Great images. I write with fountain pens and there are several shades of blue and blue-black on the wasp's wings that would wonderful shades for inks.
Thanks rodeoman for your comments.
I used to write with fountain pens when growing up in India. Nothing fancy. But used to dream about using a (pricey) Pelican pen.
These days its ball point pens all the time and the cursive quality is in constant decline.
😊
Aug 2, 2021 17:43:43 #
Nice! The first one is known as the Great Black Wasp (an odd common name), and I really like how you got the metallic blue to show on the wings. These big solitary wasps hunt katydids to feed to their young.
Aug 2, 2021 17:46:57 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Nice! The first one is known as the Great Black Wasp (an odd common name), and I really like how you got the metallic blue to show on the wings. These big solitary wasps hunt katydids to feed to their young.
Thanks Mark for the feedback. I guess the Black wasp's wings have iridescence and the colors show if the sun shines on it 'just right'.
I am thinking of the same property as in the wings of a common grackle (bird).
Aug 2, 2021 18:03:52 #
Super detail, I like the Black Wasps image. They still give me the Willys!
Aug 2, 2021 19:00:33 #
Moondoggie wrote:
Super detail, I like the Black Wasps image. They still give me the Willys!
Thank you Moondoggie!
I thought the yellow jackets were more aggressive (?).
Aug 2, 2021 21:47:12 #
srsincary wrote:
Black and scollid (?) varieties.
Nikon D7200, 70-300 AF-P FX lens.
Comments and critiques welcome.
Nikon D7200, 70-300 AF-P FX lens.
Comments and critiques welcome.
WoW, Ronnie!...That’s a high class photography!
Aug 3, 2021 00:03:10 #
Bubalola wrote:
WoW, Ronnie!...That’s a high class photography!
Thank you very much Bubalola for your generous feedback.
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