Evil Smile of The Yellow Jacket by ctfchallenge

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09-02-08	Lydia too

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
f/13 1/11th sec iso400 100mm full exif

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ctfchallenge		04-Sep-2008 16:58
Well, as someone who isn't fond of bugs, I will admit that I have never gotten this close so I don't know what his smile would look like if it were one but he does look evil to me!!! Penny Street

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Sep-2008 02:00
Now Lydia again stretches the boundaries of the topic. Smile, no, except with imagination which I can see (btw) but wont subscribe to.. OTOH (on the other hand) a really excellently executed image. Great bug! -tv

Guest		04-Sep-2008 01:03
Really nice spot-on focus. Bright happy smile, with a terrific background (love the blue\gray). Lydia, I have that lens also, but seem to use it for portraits more than macro. Works a treat. And you're right, prime lenses take getting used to. Well they say, "your legs are the best zoom". (old-timers, what are you gonna do?)

Guest		03-Sep-2008 23:17
Thanks, Carole! Rod, I didn't like that petal in the lower left... so to balance it, I had to take off the top. ~lydia

ctfchallenge		03-Sep-2008 19:52
Great work with that macro lens Lydia and the color combination is terrific too! :-) CJ

Rod		03-Sep-2008 19:42
If that's his mouth then it's definitely smiling then a:-) The picy straight from the camera looks really good too I'm not sure if I would have cropped it as I really like the background. Great picy anyhow.

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Sep-2008 17:31
Thanks, Mikey. Here's a link to the resized only image -- straight from the camera. I've added EXIF to the image here. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/Lydia2/FromCamera0685r.jpg?t=1220462033 ~Lydia

ctfchallenge		03-Sep-2008 16:43
Nice image! Is this a crop? EXIF please! Thanks, -mikey

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Sep-2008 14:42
Thanks! He's on one of my waterlily blooms. I think it turned out well. I really like my 100mm. It's hard to get used to a prime lens... but I find that rocking back and forth for focus works... Rod, I think the mouth is that thing inside the part that looks like an orange's skin. grin ~Lydia

Rod		03-Sep-2008 06:26
This does look great wiv plenty of DOF too. I have been thinking about a macro lens but have read the DOF is really narrow when used at 1 1 size (life size) Did you use 11 size here Lydia or is it best to shoot at less than 11 & crop the picy to make the subject larger? Also can you tell me where the bees gob is so I can see if it's smiling:-)

ctfchallenge		03-Sep-2008 06:07
Hope you were a safe distance away- the 100 mmm looks good- fantastic macro - Debi

ctfchallenge		03-Sep-2008 04:27
Wow, you're good. -COAmature

janewigginsphotography		03-Sep-2008 02:36
Omg - this is awsome Lydia - how the heck did you accomplish this? jano

sue anne		03-Sep-2008 00:50
Yes I don't like bees and glad to look at this evil smile with your macro. Good one.

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