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So Ntopaz had a Macrophotography contest that I totally missed entering... but I don't need a contest to share great content with you!
I highly doubt that wassabi is what ithat wasp is eating (if it's even eating)... But that's what it looks like, so that's the title.
This one doesn't have a big back story of why I shot it.... but it is a very memorable photo for me because of HOW I got it.
If you read my photography backstory (check my feed for the photo of the little girl sharing an ice cream cone with a cute doggie), then you'll rememberer that all the money I was earning was going right back into lenses. I bought a Macro lens... My first one was 100mm F2.8. For those who don't know, a Macro lens lets you photograph things that are REALLY close.... And I was on a mission to get close to things.... But what?
Oh look! There's a Wasp nest under the ledge of the warehouse... let's climb 30 feet up a ladder, and hope they don't mind a big lens getting right up close. What could possibly go wrong? :)
I was scared of them... especially while I"m on a ladder... that would not be a good time to get attacked by wasps.
At first, nothing happened, I got close, got a couple of shots, then a couple of them noticed me, and they started flying off (probably to call for backup) - and then some started flying at my lens..... and that's when I decided that I've shot enough, and I should get down before they decide to fully attack.
The result is what you see above.
I didn't fall, I didn't get stung. I did feel a massive surge of adrenaline and victory.
I now also have a 180mm Macro lens.... but I don't have a ladder, and while I still do dumb shit, I haven't tried getting so close to a wasp nest again.