The Nursery
A completely opportunistic shot. My husband Nick and I were picnicking in a beautiful leafy little valley in the Brenta Dolomites of northern Italy, when Nick spotted this. It appears to be a solitary wasp of sorts, sitting on a fist-sized comb and she is feeding and tending to her larvae which you can actually see in the cells. As with many macros, I couldn’t appreciate what was going on until I processed the image. Ain’t nature wonderful?! ;o)
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Sheryl Kasper
Nature “IS” amazing. Look at those intricate and perfectly shaped cells, and those little babies inside. Whoa…. you captured an amazing photo here Krys.
Krys Bailey replied
Thanks, Sher. I was even more lucky that I was already geared up with a macro lens on one of my cameras (I only use two cameras, lets not brag!) :o)
webbie
Beautiful capture Krys, and nature is amazing…:)
Joyce Dickens,...
Exquisite image Krys….what an awesome Macro!
AnaCBStudio
wow…great details…excellent capture
justlinda
Great image, she does look like a very caring mum !
brian pendrey
awesome macro
Michael Oubridge
Amazing capture, nature never ceases to amaze
Stacy Rodriguez
Wow great capture and color and detail.amazing. :)
sarahnewton
Superb macro, the detail here is incredible!
Mar Silva
An amazing close-up. And such beautiful detail and title!
Nancy Polanski
Awesome and amazing ! How exciting for you (and all of us)! I think it’s especially cute that they almost look like shiny little teddy bears!
Roslyn Lunetta
whow, this is the one i was coming in for but saw glass first, this is auwwwsome, i could never get this close for a micro, what did you do? go invisable? well done Kris!
Al Bourassa
Great capture!
jesika
A beautiful capture. A colony of wasps have set up home on the inside of my shed door. It’s a most amazing structure but I won’t be able to see as much as your shot shows.
A wonderful insight into a tiny world.
j
Matt Halls
Crystal clear detail and an amazing view…looks like something out of the Matrix! Brilliant work!
lareejc
hmmm – every year I spray the wasps nests to get rid of them; maybe BEFORE I spray them and hopefully before my little 3 yr. old grandson get stung – I can capture some kind of photo…wow, Krys this is just fantastic! And yes, I hate to say it but the babies ARE cute and do resemble tiny teddy bears!
Krys Bailey replied
Thank you, my friend. We must all try to remember that even bugs we don’t like are God’s creatures and don’t intentionally mean us any harm. Please, don’t photograph them and kill them … photograph them, yes, but keep your grandson away, leave the wasps unharmed, and show the world the wasp beauty in your photos, friend or foe!
micmac
Incredable and beautiful macro.
Larasolnishko
Krys you such a beautiful soul and because of that God or Universe allowed you to see rare things.
Steve Woodman
Marvelous shot!