A Few Close-Ups of a Wasp’s Nest

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 400 —
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Wasp Nursery

As about half guessed correctly, last week's
A Textured, Layered “What am I?” Quiz is a “paper” wall from a wasp's nest.

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/200 sec, f/3.5, ISO 100 —
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Knocking it Down

my brother Alan knocking down the dormant volleyball-sized nest

This was prior to the “arctic vortex” descending on Ohio, so it was
prior to the pretty frost
patterns, but it was still plenty chilly.

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 100 —
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Ready for a Picture

this is the piece seen in the quiz photo




Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 180 —
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Lots of Nice Detail

click through to the larger version to see the various fibers




Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 900 —
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Detail: Sun-n-Shadow Edition

difficult to snap while the thing was blowing in the wind

The “paper” is from the wall surrounding the whole thing. Inside were the combs...

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/4, ISO 160 —
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 No   Vacancy




Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/11, ISO 5000 —
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Multi-Layered





Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 720 —
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Not too exciting, photography wise, but for me at least a little interesting.