[DonaldG]

This morning, I noticed many small mounds all over the garden that were not there yesterday.

I noticed that in the centre, there was a very neat, perfectly formed round hole. At first, I thought the holes were made by ants but as I looked closer, I noticed something disappear down the hole. Look very carefully, you can just detect something there.

I decided to experiment with my Sigma 50mm macro lens to see if I could get a picture of the occupant!

It seems to be a wasp or bee of some variety or other. I was very pleased with my first attempt an 'wild life' photography :grin:

 

[Mack]

My first thought was a mole or some such thing. Its a digger wasp. never seen it up close myself. Great capture Donald.

 

[DonaldG]

Thanks for naming the specie. The mound is only about 1 inch high on the biggest one.

One thing I have noticed is that when doing macro, is that camera movement comes into play exactly the same as when sporting a super-telephoto at 300mm

 

[Will Watts]

If only I could afford a super-telephoto :grin:

Nice pictures, never seen one of those wasps before.

 

[hrlow2]

Google Image Result for http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/krasensky/digger-wasp-1815.jpg

 

[Done_Fishin]

great capture Donald .. I appreciate what you mean about movement and it's great that you managed to keep the camera that still and that the wasp was co-operative too .. although I do think that capture speed may have given a helping hand ..

 

[DonaldG]

Google Image Result for http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/krasensky/digger-wasp-1815.jpg

That is the fella... Thanks for the link - magic

 

[WereBo]

I see you're also discovering a whole new world in Macro-photography - A very excellent start too, beautifully detailed and sequenced shots Donald ray: