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

[leahcim.livejournal.com]

Nice. I agree photographing bugs is tricky, no doubt made trickier by the contrasty lighting and (I'm guessing) your camera giving best macro at the wide end of the zoom instead of the telephoto end? The middle two photos are a toss-up for my favourite.

What are the white specks in the water?