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outlier
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That would be worth a photo itself: someone sitting in a wasp nest. 
Cockatoos
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Eller
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| wigglyspider wrote: |
That's really cool. XD
I always want to take pictures of bugs but my camera doesn't focus that close. Do you have a fancy camera or something?
PS "wasp stings in the windpipe are usually deadly), these animals are completely harmless." lol, nice. But you're right, everyone acts like they're gonna fly right up and sting you any chance they get, but they never do. |
My camera is a Canon PowerShot S3 IS meaning it's not exactly the newest or fanciest one but still usable. Not on a professional level, though. Unfortunately, to take photos of bugs, I have to get near them in a distance of 5 cm, which is sort of difficult without seriously upsetting them. Fortunately, I'm good at moving slowly and holding my heands steady. Still, I'd LOVE to have a better camera.
And really - wasps ARE harmless. I've never been stung by one, and when I was a child, I even used to take them in my hand. The main danger is accidentally swallowing them, in which case they will (rightfully) feel threatened and sting. And the windpipe swelling shut is dangerous.
People usually only get stung by wasps if they panic and try to swat them. Wasps don't like sudden movement. Same applies to hornets (those are, by the way, usually even less aggressive - I really don't know why so many people are scared of them). Bees are a lot more dangerous, but since they're considered "useful", nobody is scared of THEM - which of course is perfectly irrational.
Or, of course, if someone is dumb enough to drink out of a lemonade or juice bottle outside without using a drinking straw. (Though one might say someone with that lack of life skills shouldn't ever be left alone unsupervised, but anyway...) I think that one makes about 90% of insect sting casualties, the other 10% being people with allergies.
| outlier wrote: | | That would be worth a photo itself: someone sitting in a wasp nest. |
Haha, yes - maybe some of the onlookers even took photos, I don't know. I couldn't very well ask them since that would have involved opening my mouth. Which would have been worthy of a Darwin Award.
By the way, the cockatoo photo is awesome. 
And since so many people expressed an interest, here's another of the photos I took. A wasp feeling murderous. It's attacking a.. something... I'm not an expert on bugs, but I suspect it's something like a shield bug. (If someone wants to correct me, go ahead!)
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Hala
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Age: 17
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Location: England
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:24 am Post subject: |
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Eller
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Hello world: an excerpt from a bigger photo. A wasp looking out of one of the entrances of the subterranean nest.
In case you're wondering: subterranean nests aren't uncommon for wasps at all. In this case, it looks like they found an uninhabited formicary and decided to settle there. (Or found an inhabited one and massacred everyone inside. Not likely, though - ants are vicious and most likely going to win that sort of conflict through sheer numbers.) Wasps are also known to live in uninhabited mouse holes and such. |
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Erminea
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Joined: Jul 18, 2008
Age: 39
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Location: Bergen op Zoom, Holland
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Here's a pic of my strawberry plants. The first two ripe fruits, the strawberries, have been eaten by a jay (which is a beautiful bird, quite smart also, but.... bugger). I know it was him (or her) for I saw it happening an hour ago. (I was too late to take a picture to get the thief caught in action) But hey.... this is how he left it....
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IdahoRose
Deppologist
Joined: Feb 25, 2007
Age: 19
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Location: Idaho, USA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not very good at taking pictures, but I figure I'd share anyway:
This is a picture of a rainbow I took outside of my parents' window:
I tried taking a picture of a candle and cottage cheese (!?) because of the reflections in the glass. At the time I thought I was being pretty 'artistic'...:
One of my favorite photos, a family of origami seals I made myself:
And what group of pictures would be complete without the cat? Her name is Miss Kitty and she's 8 years old:
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ryan93
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Joined: Apr 16, 2009
Age: 17
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:14 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Of course not! They haven't done anything to me. And it was me basically sitting in THEIR nest for a couple of hours (which was admittedly a risky idea in the first place, and some of the onlookers actually panicked, though of course that didn't keep them from gawking), not the other way around. They'd have had a reason to harm me, not me them. But as long as you keep still while they're crawling all over you, and you don't open your mouth under any circumstances (that one is important since wasp stings in the windpipe are usually deadly), these animals are completely harmless. They don't attack anything larger than other bugs unless they feel threatened.
Besides, killing them would have been something like.. a sacrilege? (Even though I'm not religious.) It would have felt wrong.
I like all kinds of insects. Not to the point of an "aspie special interest", but I also tend to feed ants and watch them for hours. |
I suppose your right, I just can't stand wasps, there noise is the only thing that sets of my hypersensitive hearing (I can hear them from very far away), and the buzzing drives me mad. I don't kill any other insects, for what its worth  I actually had to work inches away from a wasp next before for a week, and suprisingly I wasn't stung and didn't have a panic attack
| Quote: | | Same applies to hornets (those are, by the way, usually even less aggressive - I really don't know why so many people are scared of them). Bees are a lot more dangerous, but since they're considered "useful", nobody is scared of THEM - which of course is perfectly irrational. |
No photo's this time, my phone is getting fixed at the moment. I missed some really good pics 
I've seen wasps sting people for no reason before, I don't mind bees as they seem fairly harmless, they never fly at you like wasps do. I've only seen one Hornet and I've never ran so fast, they look so...scary |
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PrincessMR1899
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Joined: Mar 25, 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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pics weren't working....i posted below
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ryan93
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:59 am Post subject: |
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you're pics aren't showing  |
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Eller
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| ryan93 wrote: |
I suppose your right, I just can't stand wasps, there noise is the only thing that sets of my hypersensitive hearing (I can hear them from very far away), and the buzzing drives me mad. I don't kill any other insects, for what its worth I actually had to work inches away from a wasp next before for a week, and suprisingly I wasn't stung and didn't have a panic attack
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I actually like that buzzing noise. I don't like the buzzing sound that flies make, but wasps sound very different. And good. 
Here's another photo: A ladybug eating a plant louse. The first time ever I actually witnessed THAT.
I was able to watch the poor plant louse slowly disappearing... And while I was watching, some guy was hitting on me - but that's another story. The least romantic moment EVER, haha - to get rid of him, I claimed to have a boyfriend. Which is a lie but sounded a lot better than "I'm sorry, but a plant louse being eaten is a lot more interesting than you, so no, I'm not interested in a date." |
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Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
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Joined: May 04, 2009
Age: 23
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Location: Canada
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I First crossed-processed the original photo of mine. I then added a vignette blur to the regions of the photo outside of the nest area. After adding the vignette blur I selected the font tool, selected the font \'Feel\', and added the caption \'Robin Eggs\' to the top of the image. After typing the caption, I made the letters glow the matching color of the eggs. After adding the glow I created a white border for the photo, and voila, this is what you have. |
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Paddy789
Sea Gull
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:16 am Post subject: |
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Straight shot, only a touch of curves and cropping on CS3. |
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Eller
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:34 am Post subject: |
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A water lily.
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CleverKitten
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Joined: Apr 07, 2008
Age: 19
Posts: 931
Location: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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Canadian goose and her eggs. Her mate was hissing angrily nearby.
All the ingredients I used to make a wedding cake!
The finished wedding cake!
Mmm, strawberries.
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