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Things that look like ants but aren't (Part 2)

By awild on December 3, 2007.

 

aglyptacros1.jpg

Aglyptacros sp., Tiphiid wasp, California

 

details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon D60

wasp on plain white paper

f/13, 1/200 sec, ISO 100

MT-24EX twin flash diffused through tracing paper

levels adjusted in Photoshop

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