Wasp macros

[lacad01]

Couple of wasp shots taken from the garden. Fascinating nest structure, I was happy just to spend a bit of time watching these fellas mill around their nests.
Taken with Canon 450D & Sigma 105mm macro.
Cheers :)

[hotspur]

Great images Adam,well done!,I like the sharp focus,particularly pic 2-the whole insect in focus-nice and sharp.Not sure if I'd get that close to a wasp!!!.

Especially with my 60 mm macro,I think a 105 mm macro might allow one to not have to be as close to the subject,as the 60 mm.

Cheers Chris:thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

Great shots. Love my wasps. They have a special place in my heart, as some paper wasps in their nest were some of my very first macro shots, and they were the first time I actually stopped to watch their behaviour before shooting them to make sure I understood if they were going to attack or allow me to shoot them.

[bloodhound31]

Fascinating to watch them build. I wonder how they know how to construct a nest? It seems like such a complicated and skilled task! I could watch them for hours!

Baz.

[lacad01]

Cheers for the comments guys. Chris, I was trying to get as close as possible without disturbing them :)
I went out again this afternoon to take a few more shots. You can just make out a larvae in one of the chambers. The first shots I loaded from the other day were just processed with Canon DPP. These two I tweaked a bit with Topaz, 2nd one is probably overdone.

[troypiggo]

That first one of the second batch is very nice. Be interesting to keep an eye on them to watch the bubbies grow.