Iris Bug IV
This wasp is another in my mini-series that takes a close look at the inhabitants, or users, of my patch of irises . I have not idea what the wasp was up to, but it seems like a deliberately artistic pose.
The iris petal seems shaped and designed for long bodied poseurs.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm/f2.8 macro lens, ISO100, f-2.8, 1/800th second, hand-held. Original shot at about 1:1 with a resolution of 5616 x 3744 pixels, cropped to 3464 x 2651. Processed with Lightroom 4 and Topaz Clarity.
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burnt embers 
Wow. Wow. Thank you for sharing these shots.
I am not sure how I stumbled onto this last page, except to say that I clicked my way here. Did you take the pics at the Old Masset Cemetery? That was my original google search objective. I have been there and have never forgotten the experience.
Farewell, Cat 2.
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Hey Paul-Emile, thanks for visiting and commenting! I am glad you had fun poking around my blog, you seem to have found a lot to look at. Cat 2 is missed, though not at all by Cat 1 who has taken back all the previously usurped spaces.
I have not taken pictures in the Old Massett Cemetery, or even been through the gates. I don’t think picture taking is welcome there. As you have seen on this blog though, I have taken pictures in the Village of Masset Cemetery. Confusingly subtle difference in names for two adjacent communities.
I’ll be up that way for a couple of days in a few weeks, so there will likely be more Haida Gwaii photos coming along in May.
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I forgot to mention that I like the new header photo – especially the way that little bug is all the way over the side.
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Thanks Melinda. I thought I needed something green up there while I am doing these very green macros.
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It goes well with what you’ve been posting.
For some reason, I only change my header once a year. I guess I never think about trying to coordinate it with what I am posting.
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Well, I don’t try to be coordinated very often. For the longest time I ran a grey on grey header which was neutral to everything. I still like it, might go back to it soon. I have run special ones on holidays a couple of times.
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I have a blog follower who seems very fond of corrugated metal, so I’d sure hate to change my header and alienate that particular person….
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Maybe you could just swap it out for more corrugated iron?
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That’s a good idea. If I have any other photos, I mean. Oh, and if this blogger I am referring to won’t mind. I don’t want to alienate all my fan(s).
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This wasp was very accommodating to pose for you, and I hope you, in turn, were accommodating in sharing your lunch with it.
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Nope. No free lunch for the wasp – it refused to sign a model release form, so I withheld payment, and published anyway.
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You did the right thing, if it refused to sign the release. (Please recall, though, that I do not have any legal background. In either of our countries.)
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That’s OK Melinda, I will take my bad advice where ever I can find it:) Especially if it’s free.
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Just keep in mind that free = what you paid for it.
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Unusual looking petal but the composition is inherently attractive with that soft background. Sharp where it needs to be, but I’m really not sure I want to be that close to a wasp!
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Hi Andy, I think the petal had just released from it’s bud. I was surprised by one doing that – it just popped out, then the others did too. I wished I had a timelapse running. It feels safer when I have a camera between me and the wasp, though it probably is not.
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This might b the best of the Iris bug series. Very nice. I try to stay away from them myself but I’m glad you aren’t bothered by them.
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Thanks Ken. I like the composition in this one, and the way the reflected light from the petal outlines the ventral edges of the wasp.
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Not sure why I put a like to this, dislike those critters as they can land me in the hospital. Very nice macro shot though with perfect focusing. And you are right about that iris petal providing a good background.
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Hi Joseph – thank you for liking this shot, even though you are allergic to the subject matter! I don’t much like them either, but can tolerate them in this setting, as compared to trying to eat my lunch at the same time as I am. Salmon in particular they seem unable to resist.
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