A rare opportunity with a beautiful model.

Lord Vetinari

Spotted this fairly large ruby tailed wasp (about 9.7mm body length) on some wood in the neighbour's garden.
It seemed to be more interested in having a clean than in what I was doing which is fairly unusual for these wasps.

5dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash. All shots focus stacked using zerene.

Brian V.

JAG

Interesting colors! Very beautiful indeed!

GOLDENORFE

superb brian , spotted one in my garden few days ago for first time

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Great captures with fine sharpness and details. Your are right: it's a beautiful creature.

Lord Vetinari

@JAG said:
Interesting colors! Very beautiful indeed!

@GOLDENORFE said:
superb brian , spotted one in my garden few days ago for first time

@Jørgen_Bjerring said:
Great captures with fine sharpness and details. Your are right: it's a beautiful creature.

Thanks for the comments JAG, Phil and Jorgen - appreciated
Brian V.