Post your Insect shots
- Thread starter jdeg
- Start date
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Just researched these and they are a "Paper Wasp" I got stung by them a year ago and boy do they hurt, they are very protective of their nests and aggressive. In a split second I was stung 6 times and this is just from bumping a bush that they lived in. Luckily it was while climbing a cliff to jump into a deep pool of water, needless to say I was in it in a flash.
Yeah unfortunately they could have been much better as some IDIOT left the ISO at 1000?!?! Thats what you get for doing a 12 hr night shift and then trying to take photos.
Also I nearly got one of a water droplet hanging from the wasps mouth, but unfortunately it was OOF grrr. I will retry tomorrow and set my Max ISO to 400 at most I think. High ISO is great but when you are after such details as the texture on bug eyes the lower the ISO the better.
Last edited:
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Grasshopper (best viewed large)
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Katydid.
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Thanks, I think it was trying to "be the grass" lol
Scott Murray
Senior Member
She is beautiful
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Here's a nest of the nasty black and white things on my friend's garage. They really make me nervous, but your shot is beautiful.
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Excellent photos George.
Unfortunately my wasps didn't like my diffuser so I had to crop in a lot more than usual.
Paper Wasps and Hornet (Not sure why I am having issues getting spaces between each photo, never had this issue before. What browser are people using?)
Unfortunately my wasps didn't like my diffuser so I had to crop in a lot more than usual.
Paper Wasps and Hornet (Not sure why I am having issues getting spaces between each photo, never had this issue before. What browser are people using?)
Last edited:
Scott Murray
Senior Member
I should have waited a little before I posted that shot as I found that one I took a couple of seconds earlier was much better, with the wasp in focus. I'm going to put it up on the evaluation thread to see what people think of it. I'm incredibly lucky at the moment with things happening before my eyes almost every day. Or perhaps I never really looked at what was going on around me until I bought the camera. 