Portrait of a Wasp

[jfrabat]

Great shot, but I gotta say I also like EDL's take on it better.

 

[Bynx]

Yes I agree EDL's version is a little richer in color, not so flat. This is what I did today to this and the one I entered in local photo contest.

 

[Rick58]

Very nice Bynx. That's perfect.

 

[Bynx]

Thanks Rick. I wish you were on the judging staff.

 

[Bynx]

Here is another shot from the back. The two eyes on the back of the head are clearly visible.

 

[TheFantasticG]

Really like the second version, Bynx. Good work, sir.

 

[Bynx]

Thanks FantasticG macro can certainly grow on you.

 

[ceejtank]

THAT THING IS EVIL LOOKING.

sorry for the caps lock.. but EVIL.

 

[leeroix]

they have eyes in the back of the head?????

 

[Bynx]

Ya who'da thought? The big eyes wrap around anyway so I wonder what the little ones are for.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Great shot Bynx. Sounds like you paid the price. I'd try this shot with a deeper black point. All the blacks are registering gray to my eyes.

Rotanimod, I have another final I did after posting this which is a tad better, but not worth reposting. There is so much detail in the hair and antenna that gets lost when I push it any further.

Yes I agree EDL's version is a little richer in color, not so flat. This is what I did today to this and the one I entered in local photo contest.

Looks like you've now fixed what my main complaint was. Lack of a rich black point which made the image flat. Good work!

 

[ceejtank]

My one complaint.. you don't have a picture of you smashing that thing into nothing more than guts.

Great shot though.

I hate bees.

 

[lemmingzappa]

Great shot!

 

[4meandthem]

Hair looks wet. Is that poisoned and pinned? That is what i am looking at doing!

 

[Bynx]

Good observation 4meandthem. I put the wasp in the freezer for 10 minutes. When he came out there was stuff in the hair. Microscopic stuff that would take forever to photoshop out. So I put him under the tap and gave him a bath. The wet look is the result. I even used a hair dryer on him to dry the hair. Had I a small comb I would have spruced him up better, but I didnt. Then I stuck a pin in the tail end. The needle had a ball of plastic on the end. At this point I took a small blob of my sons hair gel and put it on the face of a hand mirror that is on a swivel stand. By putting the ball of the needle in the blob of gel I was able to pose the wasp in almost any position. Between that and the swivel ability of the mirror I was able to get the pose you see here.