Wildlife: Wasps on a pond

[stephbg]

The problem with living things is they have this terribly inconvenient tendency to move about. I saw these wasps coming to drink at my pond, so I thought I would try and catch a shot while they were briefly still. A tricky proposition because the camera's macro mode is not kind to moving subjects, but there was plenty of light so I gave it a go.



These first few are just static poses as I was intending:



It's a shame they were all attracted to the rather grungy dead leaf.




Bonus two-shot:




But this one's my favourite, even though I thought at the time it was a writeoff:




Ain't serendipity grand?

Comments

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

three different species, by the looks of it

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

I have quite the ecosystem at Sector 7 :-)

[leahcim.livejournal.com]

Aha, DrHoz, just the man I'm after! :P

On a not entirely unrelated note you might want to look here if you haven't done so already.

*apologises to Steph for the distraction*

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Mind if I cross-post the link?

[leahcim.livejournal.com]

Sure, go right ahead. Keep in mind that (as the URL suggests) it probably shouldn't be treated as a permalink though. :P

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

ok