Paper Wasp in the green room

[Robert O'Toole]

Shot in Pinellas Co. Florida at a park garden near my home base. Nest was set up in a rolled up palm frond. The trick was to balance the flash, background and diffused light through the frond. A straight shot would have resulted in a black background for the wasp.

Single Nikon SB-R200 wireless flash head used in manual mode.

The D300/SB-R200 and Sigma 150 works like a dream. Dont miss dragging around my old EOS-1DSMKII,180,580EX for a second.

NIKON D300 and Sigma 150 EX Macro
Shutter speed: 1/320 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: On
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 320
Focal length: 150mm
Focal length: 225mm (in 35mm film)
Color space: sRGB