Wasps nest
Posted 26/10/2008 - 12:25
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Nice shots Mike, are you working your way in closer to them
BTW aren't these Hornets :
BTW aren't these Hornets :
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Posted 26/10/2008 - 12:43
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Clarky wrote:
Nice shots Mike, are you working your way in closer to them
BTW aren't these Hornets :
Are the hornets?Nice shots Mike, are you working your way in closer to them
BTW aren't these Hornets :
Yikes, that makes it even worse then, they attack for no reason at all .. nasty little buggers.
As for working my way closer, thats it .. I'm finished.
Maybe
Posted 26/10/2008 - 13:55
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that last shot are great!
Posted 26/10/2008 - 16:12
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QUALITY PICS ESPECIALLY THE LAST ONE GREAT WORK
just keep snapping,
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https://pentaxphotogallery.com/scottbenson
http://s727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/scottthehat/
CAMERAS = k200d + battery grip.
nikon d300 + battery grip.
LENSES = tamron aspherical DII 18-200mm f3.5/6.3,
nikon 18-200mm afs vr f3.5/5.6 g dx
sigma 150-500mm apo dg hsm os
sigma 170-500mm apo dg
FLASH = samsung sef36pzf flash + more.
Posted 26/10/2008 - 20:10
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They should be Red not Yellow, everytime a wasp stings me it's a trip to the hospital and a injection in the *ss, not nice things wasps and hornets )
Nice set of photos.
Nice set of photos.
Tel,
Posted 26/10/2008 - 23:03
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I couldn't have got that close to them!
Great shots though, especially #3 - love the eye detail.
Great shots though, especially #3 - love the eye detail.
Joining the Q
Posted 26/10/2008 - 23:23
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SOooo you would have had shake reduction on then
Great shots especially the last one.
Great shots especially the last one.
C&C welcome.
Don.
Don.
Posted 27/10/2008 - 06:57
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Agree, the last one's a corker. Not sure I'd be that keen on getting so close though.. bravery award on it's way.
Cheers
Liam
Cheers
Liam
Liam
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"Make your hands respond to what your mind demands." Jesse James
Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'. Ernst Haas
Posted 27/10/2008 - 09:43
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# 3 is the cracker in this set - I doubt I would go as near
Posted 27/10/2008 - 11:35
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Mike-P wrote:
Thanks for the comments folks, Im thinking of going back with the bellows
Your a braver man than me !!Thanks for the comments folks, Im thinking of going back with the bellows
Great shots
Regards
PaulM
All cameras are equal but.....
Some are more equal than others
Some are more equal than others
Posted 27/10/2008 - 14:56
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Just see the headlines now.
Man dies from Wasp Stings, A photographer from Alicante dies from Wasp stings after trying to take photographs of a wasps home and kids..
Man dies from Wasp Stings, A photographer from Alicante dies from Wasp stings after trying to take photographs of a wasps home and kids..
Tel,
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