In-your-face Yellowjacket

[Steve Maxson]

This Yellowjacket wasp was feeding on goldenrod flowers. 40D, Canon 180mm macro + 25mm ext. tube, 1/60, f/8, ISO 400, macro twin light set at 1/64 power, hand-held, auto focus. I removed some flash-generated spectral highlights and cropped from a horizontal original. Comments are welcome.

[Julie Kenward]

Stephen this is wonderful! Perfect DOF and precise focal point on the face of the wasp. Love that he's on a matching colored plant as well. You nailed the comp in my opinion.

[denise ippolito]

Steve, Really nice angled comp. The details and colors look great! Very nicely presented!!

[kevinmat]

Just superb Steve, perfect angle, outstanding detail around the face.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Steve,
Great angle and nice choice of crop! You nailed the focus! That face is tack and the soft BG really makes this a winner!

[Dave Mills]

Well done Steve! Face and front legs is tack sharp on an interesting angle. These type of images, when a flower is included, is sometimes difficult to get a clean backround but you succeeded...

[Vida van der Walt]

Beautiful macro. Excellent detail, great comp and stunning bg, colours.