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Waspish Love
Waspish Love
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Collection: Sep 2009 Wildlife
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Sep 15, 2009
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 17, 2009

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 Bugs! Weird bugs ;-) Some sort of wasp with an abdomen rather tenuously attached and held up in the air like a tail. Apparently I should be seeing more of them shortly!

PP - converted from RAW, rotated, cropped, white balance, increased contrast, some dodging on wasps, noise reduction, resized, sharpened.

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Nikon D7000
Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4
 09/17/2009 11:48:56 PM
That's technically a very good shot, as well as a very interesting subject. I don't think that I have ever observed wasps exactly like these in this area.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 09/17/2009 08:55:17 PM
"What's Love Got To Do With It" by Tina Turner

You must understand
That the touch of your hand
Makes my pulse react
That it's only the thrill
Of boy meeting girl
Opposites attract

It's physical
Only logical
You must try to ignore
That it means more than that

etc

I am not an entymologist, but I am not sure love is part of their biology. :-)

Nice capture.
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