A Really Angry Yellow Jacket with STINGER

cgipson1 · Aug 15, 2012

seakritter said:
I just ave say WOW, it makes me ashamed to post my work and honored to have you look at it. Awesome work, gives me something to shoot for.

I am glad you like it.. but please tone it down

! I have enjoyed seeing your work here very much. We all have different levels of experience, and sometimes we get lucky!

480sparky · Aug 15, 2012

cgipson1 said:
..........I love Stargazer Lilies, and some large orchids.... that is why I was considering the extended. Some of those flowers are huge!

Maybe so, but would you need that kind of precision to do a FS on them? Your DOF isn't going to be razor thin for those.

cgipson1 · Aug 15, 2012

480sparky said:
cgipson1 said:

..........I love Stargazer Lilies, and some large orchids.... that is why I was considering the extended. Some of those flowers are huge!

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Maybe so, but would you need that kind of precision to do a FS on them? Your DOF isn't going to be razor thin for those.

True.. but "just in case".. LOL!

Bynx · Aug 15, 2012

I thought I saw this before but nope. What a shot. Thats some stinger. I havent bothered to try shooting live. I just stick 'em in the freezer first.

cgipson1 · Aug 15, 2012

Bynx said:
I thought I saw this before but nope. What a shot. Thats some stinger. I havent bothered to try shooting live. I just stick 'em in the freezer first.

Thanks! So that shine on yours was ICE? lol!

Bynx · Aug 15, 2012

Whenever I shoot bugs they get blown up so much that there looks like dirt all over them so I washed the wasp off. He was making paper for the nest when I disturbed them. I guess that was what was all over it. Plus very small hairs that look like rope when blown up.

Stradawhovious · Aug 15, 2012

You should have stuck with natural ambient light. Flash is for sissies and people who aren't really photographers.

Couldn't help myself. Nice shots!

cgipson1 · Aug 15, 2012

Stradawhovious said:
You should have stuck with natural ambient light. Flash is for sissies and people who aren't really photographers.

Couldn't help myself. Nice shots!

Thanks Strad!!!

ROTFLMAO! Yep... just think, shooting NATURAL light, the yellow jacket probably would not have gotten irritated, and I would have missed this shot. It was the Flash that was pissing him off! lol! (I do think for grizzlies and other large animals, I might just stick to NATURAL light though! Probably safer!)

cgipson1 · Aug 15, 2012

Bynx said:
Whenever I shoot bugs they get blown up so much that there looks like dirt all over them so I washed the wasp off. He was making paper for the nest when I disturbed them. I guess that was what was all over it. Plus very small hairs that look like rope when blown up.

I couldn't wash these off.. that just would not have been a good idea... I can't run that fast! lol!

Since I have been posting 100% crops on all my flower shots... here is one of this yellow jacket! (not quite as good as the others, I don't think!)

seakritter · Aug 16, 2012

cgipson1 said:
I couldn't wash these off.. that just would not have been a good idea... I can't run that fast! lol!

Since I have been posting 100% crops on all my flower shots... here is one of this yellow jacket! (not quite as good as the others, I don't think!)

<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=17116"/>

Really stunning work.

cgipson1 · Aug 16, 2012

seakritter said:
cgipson1 said:

I couldn't wash these off.. that just would not have been a good idea... I can't run that fast! lol!

Since I have been posting 100% crops on all my flower shots... here is one of this yellow jacket! (not quite as good as the others, I don't think!)

<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachments/macro-photography/17116-really-angry-yellow-jacket-stinger-stinger100crop_dsc4600.jpg"/>

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Really stunning work.

Thank you! I have been having fun with major crops from my D800... it is amazing what it will do.

jfrabat · Aug 16, 2012

cgipson1 said:
Photographiend said:

I really like that shot.

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Thank you.. I have been shooting Yellow Jackets a lot lately! Lots of them around, and pretty good subjects for the most part! You are new here... so you probably didn't see this one from a week or two ago!

Yellow Jacket Face by CGipson Photography, on Flickr

That one looks like it's gonna pounce or something!

Bynx · Aug 16, 2012

That last one is a good view of how the mandible works. Looks like the jaw opens and there are little feet like things to bring the food in. I like that orange glow of their antenna. Look like they are getting hot from use. My wasp had black antenna. Also interesting how the eyes wrap around the head giving 360° view.

cgipson1 · Aug 16, 2012

Bynx said:
That last one is a good view of how the mandible works. Looks like the jaw opens and there are little feet like things to bring the food in. I like that orange glow of their antenna. Look like they are getting hot from use. My wasp had black antenna. Also interesting how the eyes wrap around the head giving 360° view.

Thanks, Bynx! Yes... they are interesting bugs! And the differences and diversity between families is astonishing!

Bynx · Aug 16, 2012

Ive only recently got the reverse ring and find it incredible. For 40 bucks it opens a whole new world. Using my 28-300 zoom Sigma enables me to get from 1/2 inch close for really great macro like the wasp head, to moving further back if I just want close up. Im going to look now for some big bugs that dont hurt so much. I just love this stuff. Being able to see what Ive looked at for years, but seeing it for the first time. Thanks.