Morning Jewelweed

[Ken Ramos]

While preparing for a hike to the summit of John Rock in Pisgah National Forest, I stopped for a moment to admire the Jewelweed that was growing along the banks of the Davidson River.


Canon EOS 30D w/EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, 1/200 sec. @ f/14 ISO 400, Canon 430EX Speedlite, Post processing: Photo Impact 6

It had rained the night before and most everything was still damp with rain or morning dew. The subject was in the forest shade of the early morning hours after sun-up.

[Ken Ramos]

Very late in the afternoon this photograph was taken. The sun long had set and in the twilight all that could be decerned was the shadowy form of this tiny parasitic wasp, as it clung to a tall stem of grass.


Canon EOS 7D w/Sigma f/2.8 150mm EX DG APO Macro 1/200 sec. @ f/16 ISO 400 Canon 430EX Speedlite, Post processing: PSE 4

The wasp is a female, the ovipositor just bearly visible in the photograph. Upon observing these wasps a few early evenings in a row, it is taken that this is normal behavior for them and that they can be found resting close to the stems of not only tall grasses but on that of other small plants or weeds as well.

[AnnaV]

Great shot, so sharp!

Those things creep me out though! Seeing the David Attenborough programme where the eggs were laied on the larva and ate it from the inside out still gives me ngihtmares!

[Ken Ramos]

Originally Posted by AnnaV

Great shot, so sharp!

Those things creep me out though! Seeing the David Attenborough programme where the eggs were laied on the larva and ate it from the inside out still gives me ngihtmares!

David Attenborough could tell you about how to make a "Banana Split" and creep you out, LOL! I love his documentaries too. Yes their behavior is a bit morbid to some but I find these little wasps to be so fascinating and much more so the Ichneumons with their big "doll eyes."

Thanks AnnaV

[Preacherman]

Hello Ken, and welcome to DPS. If this is an example of the quality we can expect from you then I am sure I speak on behalf of us all when I say I am looking forward to seeing more. I am just getting into macro. Keep posting. God bless. PAUL

PS You have posted this in Macro Critique. This thread requires you ask specific questions related to the shot and also that you post EXIF too . If not then the Share Your Shots thread is probably the place. FYI.

[Ken Ramos]

Originally Posted by Preacherman

Hello Ken, and welcome to DPS. If this is an example of the quality we can expect from you then I am sure I speak on behalf of us all when I say I am looking forward to seeing more. I am just getting into macro. Keep posting. God bless. PAUL

PS You have posted this in Macro Critique. This thread requires you ask specific questions related to the shot and also that you post EXIF too . If not then the Share Your Shots thread is probably the place. FYI.

Yes, I realized that sometime after I made these posts. I had overlooked the "Share Your Shots Forum." Maybe one of the moderators might care to move them for me, thank you. I just saw the "macro" catagory and well, in the old days they called it "target fixation," LOL!

If you are just getting into macro, I am sure that you will enjoy it. The world is so much bigger and much more fascinating, when you are looking for small things.

Thanks Paul

[windrider86]

Moved it for you!!! and by the way, great shot!

[jpgatt]

Awesome Macro... very sharp indeed..

[fredzilla]

A very beautiful area to get some great fotos. As I see you did. TFS.

[Ken Ramos]

Thanks everyone and to our moderator for moving my posts that I put in the wrong section. I sometimes do landscapes and waterfalls, along with other nature shots here in the mountains of Western North Carolina but it seems that macro in nature is my passion. The world is really big when you look at it in small sort of way.