Is this a real photo of a real wasp?

[Tanis8472]

Try visiting here if you dont like wasps

 

[theclaud]

I just wish they'd leave me alone!

They will if you stop flapping around.

 

[theclaud]

Hmmm, bees never bother us but wasps seem actively agressive.

Not really. Being excessively interested in picnics isn't aggression.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Not really. Being excessively interested in picnics isn't aggression.

It is if you've dropped a bit of ketchup on your leg.

 

[theclaud]

It is if you've dropped a bit of ketchup on your leg.

Serves you right. What sort of picnic food requires ketchup?!

 

[Mr Celine]

A real photo of unreal wasps about to ambush unwary cyclists.

 

[Tanis8472]

[QUOTE 4801568, member: 259"]I've climbed up Sigiriya and it's flipping terrifying - the hornets would be the least of your worries![/QUOTE]

You mean this
We did too

 

[Smokin Joe]

Serves you right. What sort of picnic food requires ketchup?!

Other sauces are available.

 

[User33236]

[QUOTE 4801568, member: 259"]I've climbed up Sigiriya and it's flipping terrifying - the hornets would be the least of your worries![/QUOTE]
Having been up Sigiriya myself my first thought was that 'they would never allow public access to something like this in the UK'* and that was before getting to the hornets.

*thought amended for compatibility with a family friendly forum.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Looks like it has been focus stacked. You get a thin depth of field at that magnification and only a small part is in focus - hence focus stacking which involves taking say 5 or more shots with different bits in focus and then merging them with software into one shot where everything is in focus.

I've never heard of focus stacking, but what you say makes sense. Even in the best light I cannot get that depth-of-field in the close-ups I take. I'm going to check it out.

 

[User33236]

I've never heard of focus stacking, but what you say makes sense. Even in the best light I cannot get that depth-of-field in the close-ups I take. I'm going to check it out.

Best method it so to mount the camera on rails attached to a tripod and move the camera forward in small, equal, increments between each shot. There are other methods of zooming the camera or adjusting focus point between shots but it is extremely difficult to maintain the fine steps of the first method.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Serves you right. What sort of picnic food requires ketchup?!

SJ is confusing a picnic with stuffing down a bag of chips on the way home from the pub.

 

[slowmotion]

When did @waspyfecker last grace us with his malignant presence?

 

[srw]

When did @waspyfecker last grace us with his malignant presence?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Been hibernating or someone twatted the tosspot.