Autumn wasp queen

Lord Vetinari

One of the new wasp queens that appear in autumn to mate and then hibernate for the winter.

Brian V.

patricia kay

Brian..

I love your Queen wasp shots....they are so clear,sharp and beautifully detailed...

Patricia.........:D

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

One of the new wasp queens that appear in autumn to mate and then hibernate for the winter.

Brian V.

Hi Brian she looks like she just did her hair
Her hair looks lovely and soft.
Those choppers looks nasty though don't they

Great Series Brian... last shot is my favourite.

... Skippy
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Umax

Great shots. What lens?

tlee

Skippy wrote:

Hi Brian she looks like she just did her hair
Her hair looks lovely and soft.
Those choppers looks nasty though don't they

Great Series Brian... last shot is my favourite.

... Skippy
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Excactly what I thought---she's looking pretty..then....watch out for those pinchers!!

canon400d

Lord Vetinari wrote:

One of the new wasp queens that appear in autumn to mate and then hibernate for the winter.

Brian V.

Hi Brian,
Those shots are awesome. They are the best I have seen. The detail is incredible. You certainly know your stuff when it comes to Macrophotography.

Bob

Ann McRae

Awesome work......I really like the last one - incredible!

ann

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the kind comments everyone much appreciated .
I was lucky with this wasp- she had obviously been out all night and was still cold when I spotted her. You can see in the last shot she had just started warming up and flew off shortly after.
Always amazes me how much hair these wasps have.

Umax- all taken with an MPE-65 - fine for the closeups but a bit of squeeze at the minimum 1:1 to get the whole wasp in the shot.

Brian V.