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Sand wasp feeding on a fly

Original - A sand wasp (Bembix oculata) is sucking the internal fluids of a fly, using a beak-like extension of its mouth-parts. The fly did not survive the experience...
Reason
High EV and relative rarity. I believe that the educational value mitigates the less-than-optimal quality. It all happened in front of my eyes during some four or five seconds and I had very little time to point and shoot.
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Wasp
Creator
Alvesgaspar (talk)
  • Support as nominator --Alvesgaspar (talk) 01:15, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Unsharp and low DOF. The sucking part is hardly distinguishable in the high res. I know this is rare and may a hard to capture but if something like File:Hoverflies mating midair.jpg and File:Pegesimallus sp robberfly.jpg is possible, then surely this too can be captured with better quality. --Muhammad(talk) 04:30, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question and Info a macro photo with f/6.3? No, DOF will be allways to low. I think it is better to use f/20 or f/22 and perhaps using a flash. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 10:46, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's a battle between sharpness and DOF. f/20 will make the image unsharp. What we have discovered (at FPC) is that f/11-f/13 usually gives the best of both. --Muhammad(talk) 11:16, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Comment - I'm well aware of the challenge posed by macro photography and of the technical details, thanks :-). In the present case there were two aditional problems: the need for a high shutter speed (due to intense motion) and the very few time available for thinking, making adjustments and shoot. IMO this was much more difficult that Fir's catch of the mating flies, because this is a common occurrence (for us to see, I mean) and he had the opportunity of making several shots. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:44, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support The wasp itself is sharp enough IMO, the fly not so much, but EV is in the wasp and it behavior.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The focus in on the behaviour, so I would want the mouth thing to be sharper than it is. Currently, the picture focuses on the thorax and the near leg, which is not really the important part here. I don't think this is quite there. J Milburn (talk) 18:31, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:54, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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