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East of Joshua Tree NP, North of Desert Center, CA. 110 degrees at 11 am. Collecting velvet ants with my son Dr. Williams. I finally got one to sit still long enough to focus on it!
Canon 5D Miii, f16, 1/200 sec, iso 400, 100 mm macro lens, 370 mm from subject, flash compulsory
What a pretty little creature with those red legs and sassy stripes. The eye looks pretty cool. Wish you were more on a level with it, but I understand the unpredictability of insects so good job getting this. You could crop out the bright area to the left and tone down the whites/highlights to the right so that those areas are competing with the wasp for attention.
A very nice job on the wasp, Ed. I agree with @Kris_Smith suggestion on cropping the left and toning down the right. That bright leaf end on the left is particularly distracting.
Thank you @Kris_Smith and @Dennis_Plank. I’d submitted this to BugGuide for an ID, and they did almost exactly what you suggested, only with a tighter crop. https://bugguide.net/node/view/2337752
Nice job on the repost, Ed.
Agreed, the second version is much better and keeps us looking at those lovely stripes!
Agree that the repost is a good improvement. I rather like the angle you chose as it shows us the interesting eye plus the structure of the wings. Nice, Ed!
Ed: Really good work on the repost and a fine capture of this guy. I don’t care much for wasps but this one is a very worthy subject. Well done. >=))>
Repost looks good for this wasp. Depth of field looks good and the simple crop improved the comp nicely…Jim
Thank you everybody!
