Meeting with the Devil: When I told the Better Half that I wanted to buy a new camera, she told me to go to hell..! Because I always do what she tells me to, I paid the Devil a visit...

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

When I told the Better Half that I wanted to buy a new camera, she told me to go to hell..! Because I always do what she tells me to, I paid the Devil a visit hoping he would side with me and grant me permission to buy the camera. Well, it looks like I'll be making do with what I have for quite a while now.

This is a focused stacked image of one of my preserved wasps that I staged for a session today that turned out looking quite devilish which inspired me to create this composite.

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DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

sippyjug104 wrote:

When I told the Better Half that I wanted to buy a new camera, she told me to go to hell..! Because I always do what she tells me to, I paid the Devil a visit hoping he would side with me and grant me permission to buy the camera. Well, it looks like I'll be making do with what I have for quite a while now.

This is a focused stacked image of one of my preserved wasps that I staged for a session today that turned out looking quite devilish which inspired me to create this composite.

Was pleased.
Certainly a dramatic shot. Hope wife was pleased.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Excellent.

(Gonna sleep with a light on tonight...)

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

sippyjug104 wrote:

When I told the Better Half that I wanted to buy a new camera, she told me to go to hell..! Because I always do what she tells me to, I paid the Devil a visit hoping he would side with me and grant me permission to buy the camera. Well, it looks like I'll be making do with what I have for quite a while now.

This is a focused stacked image of one of my preserved wasps that I staged for a session today that turned out looking quite devilish which inspired me to create this composite.

Well, there goes my sleep for the next month 😱😱😱😱😱

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

DeanS wrote:

Was pleased.
Certainly a dramatic shot. Hope wife was pleased.

Thanks, Dean. It started out as a typical focused stacked session and when it was done it looked quite evil so I thought that I would see what I could do with it.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Longshadow wrote:

Excellent.

(Gonna sleep with a light on tonight...)

Thanks, Longshadow. I appreciate your stopping by.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

joecichjr wrote:

Well, there goes my sleep for the next month 😱😱😱😱😱

Thanks, Joe. I suspect that I will be pulling the covers over my head tonight.

Papou Loc: Ottawa, Canada

Love it !

John Matthews Loc: Wasilla, Alaska

What camera did you get?

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Papou wrote:

Love it !

Thanks for viewing, Papou.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

John Matthews wrote:

What camera did you get?

John, try as I might....I failed. I use a little Fujifilm X-T20 mirrorless camera for all of my focused stacking sessions which is what I used for this wasp. I attached a 28mm reversed-mounted enlarger lens on a bellows as the optic for the camera.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Nice work. Definitely scary.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Fotoartist wrote:

Nice work. Definitely scary.

Thanks, Fotoartist. It's a composite of today's wasp session and five bits and pieces of images put together to create the final single image.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Terrifying

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Curmudgeon wrote:

Terrifying

Thanks, Curmudgeon. I feel the need to stop in the Catholic Church down the street and fill a bottle with Holy Water and sprinkle it around the room that I use for my photography sessions.