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Uploaded: 07/09/19 6:22 AM GMT
Wasp #1
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A local Paper Wasp hanging out on one of my Manzano Peppers. It was deep in the foliage and apparently settling in for the night. It was also quite docile and let me take many close-ups with a strobe, something very difficult to do when they're active. A check of some bug ID sites indicates this is probably a speciman of Polistes exclamans. And unless they're defending their nest, they really aren't much more aggressive than bees. But I still give them their space. Shot at 1X through a Laowa 100mm macro lens and lit with a Canon MR-14EX ring flash.

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.reddawg151
07/09/19 1:48 PM GMT
Great macro capture-- in particular I like the foreground of the pepper on the left, and how its fuzziness is mirrored in the hairs on the wasp. Really cool!!
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::tigger3
07/09/19 2:21 PM GMT
I have never heard of that lens, but it sure did a heck of job on this wasp, and I agree with the above comment about the fuzzy details as well.
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::ryzst
07/10/19 2:24 AM GMT
Thank you both. The Laowa 100mm macro lens is just reaching early buyers now. You can find the product line here:

https://www.venuslens.net/shop/
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