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Wasp with prey


Wasp with prey
Photo Information
Copyright: Felipe Mateo and Cristina (extramundi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2047 W: 351 N: 4178] (12764)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-29
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 APO DG MACRO, Digital ISO 400
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/200 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-05-17 6:26
Viewed: 983
Points: 40
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Wasps are insects that have strong jaws, two pairs of wings, and a slender waist; most fly, and many can sting. Some have complex social structures. There are over 30,000 different species of wasps alive today.

Diet: Wasps eats insects, arachnids (like spiders), and sweet nectar.

Nests: All wasps build complex nests with many six-sided cells. They make the nests with a type of paper that they make by chewing wood and plant fibers. The nests are used to lay eggs in and to protect the young.

Social Organization: Most wasp species are solitary but some live in groups (called colonies) and work together. Social wasps are divided into three classes: queens (large females who build the nest and lay eggs), workers (small females who build nests and feed the young), and drones (males). Every winter, all the wasps die except new, mated queens, who burrow into leaves or soil to survive.

Parasitism: Many wasps are parasitic. Some, like the scoliid wasps, lay their eggs in a caterpillar or in beetle grubs. As the eggs develop, they eat the doomed host animal from the inside out.

Classification: Order Hymenoptera (wasps, ants, bees, sawflies, etc.), Suborders Apocrita (stinging wasps) and Suborder Symphyta, Family Vespidae (Yellow Jackets), Family Sphecidae, Family Tiphiidae, Family Pompilidae, FamilyChrysididae, Family Scoliidae, etc.

I found this info HERE

Hope you like!

F:13 - 1/200 - Manual exposure - Flash - Tripod
phlr, marhowie, hekcik, Janice, soccer, jmp, Luc, jcoowanitwong, thistle, samos, firelord, wallhalla15, eruyanik, PDP, Robbrown, cmarzano, RII has marked this note useful
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Hi Felipe,
Very sharp and detailed, looks excellent against the dark BG. Very nice POV, DOF, and color, with the wasp and "meal" a great treat :)
Very well done.

Hi Felipe,

Very nice close-up.
Good details and sharpness.
DOF, POV, colors and composition are excellent.
And nice to meet you :)

Best regards
TFS :-)
Norbert

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3464 W: 145 N: 5942] (17790)
  • [2006-05-17 7:01]

I never realised they were so hairy Felipe. Super lighting showing up all the very clear details of this wasp. A good job and well presented, thank you.
Yes, I do like,
Janice

hi felipe
cette macro est vraiment exceptionnelle,les couleurs les details et la netteté tout est bon.bravo.
laurent

Hi Felipe, Excllent close up great colors , BG, POV, DOF, Just Perfect,
TFS Kyle

Felipe,

An very interesting pic you have here! I like the scene and the rare nature of what you captured is most interesting.

The composition, POV, DOF, BG and sharpness showing detail is great! TFS,
Sheriff

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1836 W: 94 N: 2340] (8406)
  • [2006-05-17 8:47]

Hola Felipe,
Detalles, foco y color perfectos de este "tábarro" como llamamos aquí a las avispas. Algún día haré excursiones sobre este mundo del fondo negro que ni domino y quiero dominar, pero que aisla y muestra muy bien el objeto fotografiado.
Tan real que lo mataría, que es lo solemos hacer por aquí con estos bichos.
Un saludo,
José M.

Hi Felipe,
Superb macro. Sharp and crisp clear. Good POV, DOF, and composition. Very well seen and TFS.
JC

Incredibly beautiful shot. Sharp, clear and unique. DOF and POV are perfect. TFS
Koray

Hi guys ,

This is an amaizng macro , BG , sharpness and composition with such a great angle is simply amazing , truly outstanding pic.

Thanks for sharing such a great pic with us

Pawan

Hi Felipe,
An outstanding macro shot! I love the frame filling composition. Your flash exposure was perfect here for the colors. This highlighted fine intricate detail. It also created a great black backround to make the wasp really stand out.
Scott

Hi Felipe,
Very nice macro shot!
The details are superb, great POV and well composition.
Thanks for sharing!
Malgosia

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1276 W: 133 N: 874] (2804)
  • [2006-05-17 13:56]

Very good Felipe and Cristina!
Great capture!
Very good DOF and stunning details!
Very good POV too!
5* and TFS!

Hello again,
This is very interesting picture. You've captured a great moment and you did it well. The details are superb, very good lighting and POV too.
VERY WELL DONE!

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  • samos Gold Star Critiquer [C: 82 W: 4 N: 2] (39)
  • [2006-05-17 15:28]

Hello Felipe very beautiful photo superexcellent macro sharpenss and colours of this picture are so wonterful thanks my friend Felipe regards Stavros

Great macro shot Felipe. Great sharpness, details, clarity and very nice POV/DOF. Great colours and composition too. Thanks for sharing.
Gr.
Heinz

Hello Felipe,
Interesting moment! Different prey and amazing hunter! pov is great, we can see the bite of the spider. Black bg worked very well!
Thank you,
Ersin

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2951 W: 366 N: 3779] (11763)
  • [2006-05-17 17:37]

Hi Felipe, great shot! Love the moment and it's a detailed composition - well done on this.

Thanks for the email you sent me :-)

Magnifica instantanea de alimentacion del insecto con gran definicion y movimiento!!!!
saludos
CARLOS

Wow!! Excelent;-))

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 486 W: 0 N: 887] (2804)
  • [2006-06-08 18:56]

Hola Felipe.
Buen macro, muy ilustrativo sobre todo el momento,la composicion es magnifica con ese fondo negro muy dificil de dominar, buenos detalles y colores, buen encuadre, una buena e interesante foto.

Saludos de tu amigo....RICARDO.

Hello Felipe , je suis admiratif devant vos clichés, tant dans le cadrage que dans la technique de prises de vue et de corrections
Bravo

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