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Hairy wasp

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Posted by David Taylor on July 16, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Hairy wasp
Wasps were out in force again on the figwort flowers in my garden. I managed to get in close as this wasp seemed particularly engrossed in what it was doing. They normally spend only a second or two, if that, at each flower. They really are hairy when seen in close-up.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50 EX macro lens
Sigma ring flash
Hand held
F18
1/200s
ISO50
Manual focus
RAW adjustment in
SPP3.5
Cropped in PS Elements 5
Framed with Xara Xtreme Pro 5

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Posted by Bertl Menegoni on July 17, 2009 at 1:50 AM
Top macro shot David
they are very interesting animals
:wavey: Bertl
Posted by Justin on July 17, 2009 at 2:26 AM
That certainly is a very intimate and extremely detailed close-up, I never knew they were covered in so many hairs :cool: Good one. :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 17, 2009 at 3:46 AM
I love these detailed macro shots and this is another excellent one David.
Robert
Posted by Maggie Campbell on July 17, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Looks a tad over saturated and over sharpened but could be my uncalibrated monitor. Nice close up image though. :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 18, 2009 at 6:55 AM
Hello David.

Love the detail in this and agree never new they had so much hair.

I would like to see a bit more room around the wasp, mostly to the bottom of the image. Just feel its a bit tight.

Still a very nice image.

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Posted by Kim Connolly on July 19, 2009 at 1:44 PM
This really is beautiful, I like it very much.