Stirring Up a Hornets' Nest in Corsica

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
edited April 28, 2015 in Holy Macro
We were returning to our hotel after a walk around the village. It was late afternoon and the sun was getting low. As I walked past a huge tree,which was growing out of the pavement, I noticed some flying insects close to a clef in the trunk, on the side away form the path. A close look told me it was a hornets' nest.

I am aware that hornets tend not to be so aggressive as wasps but I had to be cautious. To get shots, I had to insert myself between the tree and a large, hotel-type wheelie bin. So retreat was not easy.

I had my Olympus AF 14-42mm zoom on the camera. Using the harsh sunlight and aperture priority, I was using ISO 200 at 40mm, 1/250 and apertures of 7 to f9. As the hornets became more active in my direction I remembered the fine attributes of my 4/3 30-300mm, the 300mm being a mere bonus!


I then used 300mm at about f7 and 1/320.

As I became aware of a BIF in close vicinity to my left ear I decided that I could not longer resist the attractions of the hotel bar and a cool beer!


I post the images in shooting sequence. All have been cropped moderately.

Harold


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