vgabndo - 1-9-2007 at 10:28 PM
David K - 1-9-2007 at 10:46 PM
Tarantula Hawks are cool! They can buzz around your Baja campsite and they are not at all interested in stinging you.
Here is a couple close ups of one at Nuevo Mazatlan last August... sorry they aren't real clear!
David K - 1-9-2007 at 10:47 PM
same one...
Frank - 1-9-2007 at 11:32 PM
Maybe I should shave my back, I must look like a big tarantula
FARASHA - 1-9-2007 at 11:48 PM
vgabndo - great perspective, did you place the bug on your lens?
vgabndo - 1-10-2007 at 12:27 PM
She was defunct, and I placed her on her back, lit her with a single tiny L E D, and shot the much larger image on MACRO at high resolution, then
cropped and cropped and cropped.
The flat shape of her head shows in the shadow, a benefit I hadn't expected.