Head on!

[Santanu Banik]

Found this tiny chap (hardly 1 cm in length) in the balcony of my house. It was fairly stable over it's hive - so I could take a few close up shots. This was taken at approximately 3.5x magnification - by Canon MP-E 65mm F/2.8 macro lens. At this magnification, the depth of field becomes too shallow - I thought doing some experiment on the DoF; so I had set the aperture value at F/5.6 to see it's effect. Quite evident from the shot - the DoF was not even a couple of mm in width!
I have added the vignetting effect just to add some drama.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Santanu, very cool close-up, like the abstact DOF and good angle on the head.

[denise ippolito]

Santanu, I not quite sure what it is but you captured it beautifully, I like the vignetting-The DOF reminds me of a lensbaby image-I like the antennae on the diagonal. Is it a wasp?

[Santanu Banik]

Thanks Mike and Denise!

@ Denise: This is a wasp.

[Julie Kenward]

Santanu, this is really fun! I love the vignette - it makes the viewer feel like he's observing the critter right inside it's hive. Excellent head turn (gives it a lot of interest!) and nicely exposed. A touch more DOF and you might have gotten the right eye to be as sharp as the left but it's very nice as presented.

[John Chardine]

Love the BG blur of this image and the colour. Especially like the OOF legs each side of the head. I would have cropped with the head slightly more to the right.

Super image.

[Susan Griffith]

I really like the shallow depth of field, it really adds some drama to the image.

-Susan

[Gus Cobos]

Well composed, I like the depth of field and the intricate sharp details in the head...congrats...:cool:

[Aristotle Georgiou]

Very cool portrait.

Great detail, nice light and the vignetting is working well.