My best Hornet Pic

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Hi All,
This pic took me all summer to get.

I had a hundred blurry partial Hornet pics and I was walking across a wooden bridge and this one caught a bee right in front of me and was hanging about 6 inches from my face. I actually had to take a step back to get this photograph.

I must have upset him as he dropped the bee and headed straight for me. This was the pic I took as I was backing away:

I always welcome comments.

CHEERS
JBO

 

[smoke665]

@407370 NICE ONE!!! Nominated POTM

 

[MartinCrabtree120 14]

Outstanding. That will be difficult to repeat.

 

[KJ_North]

Really nice shot

 

[denum128 153]

Very nice shots. Never knew wasps acted like bats and hung upside down.

 

[Jeff1560 60]

Excellent shots ...

 

[jeffashman21 5]

Excellent!

 

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@407370 NICE ONE!!! Nominated POTM

Thank You.
This is the first pic I would show people to demonstrate what I want out of photography.

Outstanding. That will be difficult to repeat.

I expect that will be the best Hornet pic I will ever take. It will not stop me from trying next summer though.

Really nice shot

Thank You.

Very nice shots. Never knew wasps acted like bats and hung upside down.

I have seen them do this a few times but never close enough to get a photograph.

Excellent shots ...

Thank You

Excellent!

Thank You

Thanks for all the positive comments.

Total justification of buying a Nikon Z8 + MC105mm and spending hundreds of hours wandering around the forests and lakes of Sussex.

CHEERS
JBO

 

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Thought I would mention that the Hornet pic just won an open competition at my Camera Club and it has reached the final round of a UK national competition for BBC Wildlife.

CHEERS
JBO