A macro of a wasp. He was frozen and then thawed in an attempt to not damage him. Unfortunately he shriveled up but this actually made him cling onto the pin quite nicely.
To create a soft lighting effect I went really ghetto... The shot was taken inside a plastic bag with a 500W flood light shining through it.
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This is a very interesting shot and clever idea to freeze the wasp. I like the shallow depth of field..makes him look more menacing. Like another commentor I feel the background too nice for the title. A different color would help.
nicely done! Personally, the only thing that doesn't sit with me right is that background. The bright blue is kind of distraction, but thats just my two cents.
This almost has a journalistic quality, which could really be capitalized upon by putting the wasp quite off center, as if you had a difficult time capturing its elusiveness.
I really like bee/insect photos. Your perspective is a hard one, but I like it well enough. There's NO way you're going to get the wings and stinger in focus, as well as the head from this close. The head is the cool part. I am assuming this fella is dead and that it's not "holding" the silver rod, but that it's stuck with it. I twists of the antennea strike me as sort of funny(humours). 9 Swash
Glad to see I'm not the only one to stick pins through them. Course I then stick them on my kitchen wall for when a grandchild needs one for a science project. I don't have one of these. This is great. Can even see his stinger. Funny, odd, how it looks like he is trying to pull it out of him. Fantastic close up, well done. It's a 10 in my book.
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