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Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

11/30/2008 03:26:10 PM · #1

I shot this little fella when I noticed he was hatching a week after I removed the hive from the shed. Two more hatched the next day. lol

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Hatched!

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They lived with me for over two weeks too. They left during a very warm day. Only to freeze that night. :(

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

11/30/2008 03:28:00 PM · #2

Wow, how cool is that?

R.

Blue Moon

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

11/30/2008 03:44:21 PM · #3

great macros and it even has an almost cute face, but...but...I HATE bees/wasps so that's about all you're gonna get out of me XP

bvy

Sigma DP1x

11/30/2008 03:48:03 PM · #4

Tell us what lens you used. Is it that macro lens shown in your profile?

(Great shots, of course.)

KarenNfld

11/30/2008 03:50:25 PM · #5

Now that's pretty cool.

Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC

11/30/2008 03:57:12 PM · #6

Originally posted by bvy:

Tell us what lens you used. Is it that macro lens shown in your profile?

(Great shots, of course.)

Yes it is. Sorry about the image info not being in there, I usually put it in.

tnun

Ricoh GR III

11/30/2008 03:59:50 PM · #7

Truly enjoyed the series.

robinssong

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

11/30/2008 04:03:22 PM · #8

Thanks for sharing! Beautiful photos with perfect detail!

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

11/30/2008 04:26:07 PM · #9

Just want to add that these are all straight from the camera, no post whatsoever. Exported as jpegs and re-sized through LR.

bvy

Sigma DP1x

11/30/2008 05:09:24 PM · #10

Originally posted by Jac:

Just want to add that these are all straight from the camera, no post whatsoever. Exported as jpegs and re-sized through LR.

And you want to get rid of that camera??!

roz

OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED

11/30/2008 06:13:29 PM · #11

jack .. brilliant shots .. and a very exciting moment ..
like i said in my comment .. i'm hoping to be there when one of the wasps hatch on the firetrail ..
being summer here now the nest building and laying of egg cycle has only been going on for a relatively short time .. only the eggs are in the cells and none have even turned into larvae yet .. i think that after they pupate and hatch the queen lays more eggs in the vacated cell .. so that means i should get lots of opportunities ..
i'm wondering how long it took for this little wasp to emerge fully after its face first appeared while still in the cell .. ??:)

smichener

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

11/30/2008 06:37:15 PM · #12

Amazing shots!

overclover

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

11/30/2008 07:01:21 PM · #13

Very cool!

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

11/30/2008 07:04:38 PM · #14

I cannot believe you did not save this [thumb]743313[/thumb] or [thumb]743314[/thumb] for a free study. Dude Macro shots rock in the FS almost a sure 6 for a well done shot. I like the series.

Matt

Message edited by author 2008-11-30 19:05:24.

11/30/2008 07:05:17 PM · #15

Originally posted by roz:

This was the first of three and took the longest at approximately 90 minutes. Two more hatched the next day while I was aware of only one though, the other was a complete surprise. I learned a lot about these wasps from you Roz and reading up on this specific variety online. Two of the three were drones, workers. One was a queen and was a lot bigger and active, she wanted to leave but felt the cold air when I put her close to the opened window, and backed away. I kept them for over two weeks until it got warm one day and the queen finally left, but the two workers just kept on walking around the nest.

These were totally un-aggressive when approached and would often walk on my hand and arms or just sit there doing nothing. I didn't and wouldn't try that with the queen though. I even fed them strawberry jam and water droplets, which they ate and slurped away for a minute or two. I was watching with a magnifying glass in amazement. lol

They were my pets! :D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

11/30/2008 07:07:49 PM · #16

Originally posted by MattO:

I cannot believe you did not save this [thumb]743313[/thumb] or [thumb]743314[/thumb] for a free study. Dude Macro shots rock in the FS almost a sure 6 for a well done shot. I like the series.

Matt

I thought of it with another shot but I think I've grown this paranoia about entering bug shots in challenges, even if they're free studies. Just like glass, water, etc. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

bvy

Sigma DP1x

11/30/2008 07:11:44 PM · #17

Originally posted by MattO:

I cannot believe you did not save this [thumb]743313[/thumb] or [thumb]743314[/thumb] for a free study. Dude Macro shots rock in the FS almost a sure 6 for a well done shot.

I thought the same thing -- especially the second of the two. Top 10% for sure.

Either way, excellent work, Jack.

Message edited by author 2008-11-30 19:12:40.

Lydia

Canon EOS-6D

11/30/2008 07:32:01 PM · #18

Oh... that was fun for me, Jac. Thanks.

Good stuff!

jjstager2

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

11/30/2008 08:02:51 PM · #19

Originally posted by Jac:

They were my pets! :D

I've kept beehives for years - and I still fear wasps.

I'm really amazed that you didn't get stung.

It would be really cool if you could add the lens/aperture/shutter speed and flash set up info.

Great stuff.

Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8

11/30/2008 09:11:56 PM · #20

Originally posted by jjstager2:

Originally posted by Jac:

They were my pets! :D

I've kept beehives for years - and I still fear wasps.

I'm really amazed that you didn't get stung.

It would be really cool if you could add the lens/aperture/shutter speed and flash set up info.

Great stuff.

Done, to the first pic only though. :)

MaryO

Nikon Z8

11/30/2008 10:01:55 PM · #21

Originally posted by Jac:

They were my pets! :D

And people call ME crazy for having strange pets ;-) Yes, I know I have a macro of a grownup wasp in my portfolio, but I never adopted him!

Great series. A picture of him drinking from the water droplet you fed him/them would have been a 10 in the FS!

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

11/30/2008 10:07:33 PM · #22

Originally posted by jjstager2:

On my property we usually have several of those wasp nests especially at our well house and so far I've never been stung yet even with them moving around the outside of the nest while trying to take pictures with my macro lens. These days I'm more worried about getting stung by a giant desert centepede, which I've now seem twice on my property including one time inside the house (photo1, photo2. We also have many scorpions and those have stung me since they get in the house pretty easily.

Btw Jac, great series!

11/30/2008 11:58:19 PM · #23

Thanks everyone.

Yanko,

I can't believe the size of that centipede, and they sting, that is scary. Hope they prefer cool surroundings and that the two you spotted were merely lost. I like the second shot's moody lighting, did you seduce it into posing for you? :)