The last thing you see before OW! Go ahead…click it, I dare you. LOL
Another shot of a Bald-faced Yellowjacket-aka Bald-faced Hornet-Dolichovespula maculata.
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Good details. I hope you didn’t pay a painful price for them.
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Thanks. I did not. There was no physical contact involved. On our glass back door. There was a lot of photoshop trickeration though.
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I’ve not heard “trickeration,” but in checking just now I found that the word is out there.
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I am not sure which one, but a color commentator once used it in a football game broadcast and it caught on.
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Good details and great shot…and that’s all I can say good about this. (lol)
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Thanks, Bob! I have been lucky with wasps and not been bitten very often. There was a pane of glass keeping me from pain in this case. Very dirty back door glass and I spent a ridiculous amount of time with the healing brush to get this look. I wasn’t concerned with “cheating” as this is just for fun.
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Really nice shot 👏👏👏. A different look and style to it.
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Thanks, Ted. Bentley got me up at 2:30 to go out and this hornet was on the glass door. I shot from inside and then spent too much time with the healing brush in PS removing all the dirt. The flash only illuminated the hornet and dirt so the outdoors was naturally black.
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Such dedication to your craft 😃😃😂
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Great details, Steve, glad you had glass between you and it. These things strike fear into my heart!
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Thanks, Eliza! I am not terribly afraid of hornets/wasps but do respect them. The other day I was digging to plant something next to the driveway and unearthed a yellow yellowjacket nest. I did a fair amount of swatting and avoided getting stung but was reminded who the true landowners are here. 🙂
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Yes, I think there is a nest next to my front walk. I have to cut back the plants where I think they are, but will have to do so carefully and with a wary eye and ear!
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I am up pretty early so did think about planting the Rudbeckia then but lately early is still warm enough so decided on elsewhere rather than chancing it.
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Spooky! Hahaha, this shot makes me laugh LOL 😀
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I am glad you got a laugh at this, Liz. I honestly laughed a lot while processing it.
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Wow Steve! Great Image!!
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Thanks, Reed! And to think I would have missed it had Bentley slept in a little later.
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Excellent!
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Thanks, Belinda!
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I never read the comic books or saw any of the films, but this could be an entymological equivalent of The Joker. It’s an evocative image, that’s for sure.
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I sometimes know enough about a movie or TV show that I have never watched to be able to draw a parallel…or answer a question while playing Trivial Pursuit. In this case we are both in that same boat. I have not seen a single one of the movies. I did read the comics as a kid though. I bet this would strike fear in the average Gothamite.
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Straight of a horror movie! Fascinating macro, Steve!
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They are scary critters, aren’t they? Thanks, Peter.
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This photo is as otherworldly as it is ominous…yikes!
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That was my intent, Carol. It is a good natural history shot but I wanted a bit of drama as well. Thanks!
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Great result!!
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Fabulous, Steve, and yes the stuff horror movies are made of!
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It hasn’t received an “EEK!” yet which surprised me. 🙂 Thanks, Ellen!
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I think you did this yellowjacket a favor – it actually looks kind of friendly. However, many of us have had the experience of knowing “friendly” is not a word to describe them at all!!
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It does border on cuteness doesn’t it? I think it must have been the effect of drowsiness brought on by the cool night air.
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Another one of your astounding insect photographs. Thank you for all the spot-cleaning; it really paid off. And thank Bentley for enabling this shot.
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Thanks, Linda. The labor of cleaning the glass digitally was made easier by my chuckling while processing. And…I still haven’t been out there with the Windex.
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Wow! What a shot, very nicely done. It really does have the look of it coming right at you.
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Thanks, Todd. As soon as I saw it I had this in mind. I was a bit tired so that may have contributed to my laughter the whole time I worked on this.
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Seriously? Wow, Steve, wow. Oh, on the door, I see. Great idea and still an excellent photo. 🙂
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If one of these was approaching me in real time like this there is no way I’d be fearless enough to get this shot. Maybe a wasp-sized trail cam. As soon as I saw this I recognized the potential for a little trickery. Thanks, Lynn!
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Oh good lord … yes … RUN! (Love it!)
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LOL Just the reaction I was expecting from folks and it had me laughing the entire time I was processing it.
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