Wasp's mouth... (and a white one as you will see later).

Paul Iddon

Went for a ten minute walk down to the canal bridge around the corner from our house with the daughter armed with a pair of scissors for cuttings and a tub for live specimens.

There are a few of the invasive Himalayan Balsam weeds growing down there, which seem to attract wasps in particular, though the reson is unsure, it is likely that these balsam have a higher than normal amount of pollen they release. This brushes on the bodies of the insects and leaves a white coating on their bodies (more later).

Anyway, this is one such wasp sat in mouth of one of the flowers. I'll add the others later (or maybe drop the series into photo sharing) for your perusal.

This is a crop of one of the 5 I took that looked useable, but I did use 3 extension tubes on the Sigma 105 to get as close as I could without being in line for a sting...


Exif:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D
Image Date: 2009:09:01 12:18:28
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 4.18mm
Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160)
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual







Paul.

ront

Just amazing!!

Ron

Paul Iddon

ront wrote:

Just amazing!!

Ron

Thank you Ron

Paul.

CoryUT

Gross.

But good photo

Paul Iddon

Thanks Cory


Paul.

Paul Iddon

Here is the complete collection that processed well.

The crop taken from this for the mouth detail:



Wider views, landscape and portrait, the first had stamen in the way a bit, the other I shifted further left:







And finally the exit view:





Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely series of shots
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Brian.


Paul.

Skippy

Paul Iddon wrote:

Here is the complete collection that processed well.

The crop taken from this for the mouth detail:

Wider views, landscape and portrait, the first had stamen in the way a bit, the other I shifted further left:

And finally the exit view:
Paul.

Wow Paul, these are excellent
Love your cropped shot the best .... Skippy
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Paul Iddon

Thanks Maxine. xxx

Paul.