WimKeesmaat

Wasp Empress

Wasp Empress

This unbelievably big wasp landed on my photo bag, and waited long enough for me to take a decent picture.
Canon 70D with 50mm, f-22, 1-250sec, ISO-100, 1...
Read more

This unbelievably big wasp landed on my photo bag, and waited long enough for me to take a decent picture.
Canon 70D with 50mm, f-22, 1-250sec, ISO-100, 12mm + 21mm macro rings, off camera flash.
Read less

camera

Canon EOS 70D

settings

settings

Aperture f/22 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 50/1

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2017

Views

181

Likes

+2

Awards

Peer Award

Top Choice

Top Ranks

Top 30 rank

Categories

See all

Same photographer See all

Hummingbird in the cloud forest of Ecuador. I was happy when I saw how sharp this picture was! It is a disaster to get this camera focussing right whe

Somewhere in Chile in the woods. Perfect spring weather, perfect light, little late afternoon. I made it sepia, because it gives a little extra touch

Grandson in his natural environment (at sea)

Old tunnel in the Gorge du Verdon, a canyon in the south of France. It had been raining and the tunnel was a little flooded, which gave this nice refl

It took some 10 minutes before this herd was a little used to my ugly head, but after that they kept on doing what they did before.
Canon 70D with 55-

The head of this spider is just 1mm wide, and it had just captured a prey, so he sat still, because I guess he didn't want to lose is.
Canon 70D

Canon 70D with 55-250 IS STM at 250mm (=400mm), f-7.1, 1-2500 sec, ISO-800.

It is nice how appraochable thes dragonflies are when you give them time to get used to you. This one looks like he is arguing with me about something

Canon 70D with Canon 10-18mm at 10mm (=16mm), f-14, 1-40 sec, ISO-100, + 1-3 stop.

We had a robbery, so we flew in our youngest daughter to do something about it :-) Just kidding. That's an air gun, and I put a mask over the 4.

I simply love the mornings over here! The combination of the trees, the sun and the mist is incredible.
Canon 70D with 55-250 IS STM at 55mm, f-11, 1-

Our trip through South America. We camped out two nights on the largest salt flat in the world, de Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. Absolutely stunning!

We were camping out for two night on the Salar the Uyuni, the biggest salt flat in the world, at 3600 mts (approx 12,000 ft) in the Bolivian Andes. I

Peninsula Valdes, Patagonia, Argentina. We were watching whales when this curious bird came to check us out.
Canon Powershot SX30IS: f-5, 1-200, ISO-8

Ciudad de las Artes in Valencia, Even the elevators are art! :-)
Canon 70D with 10-18mm IS STM at 10mm (=16mm), f-16, 5 sec, ISO-100, tripod

Frontyard in the morning, when te sun just peekd over the hills. Of course I edited this, but it was already beautiful when I saw this live :-)
Canon

Mountain range at Ushuaia, most southern city in the world. We were there mid winter. No tourists and a beautiful landscape. Long "golden hours&q

Discover more photos See all

Dog in a Field by MeganShadow

Look Mama, i Gots a Stick! by ManeFrame

My lovely Grace in action!!!! by marcobertazzoni

Affection by christophergrobler

Endless Love by majalesar

Winter Wonderland by karenpphotography

Red squirrel holding walnuts by geertweggen

Lioness by Svetlana_Sewell

Want to know a secret ? by AlanJ

Girraffe resting by elabuschagne

Only the bush separated us from the lioness. She was calm though, eyeing us while we slowly drove by. by bylifeconnected

B95A2858 by ValhallaPhotography

Mother and calf elephants eating Mopani - Letaba Road. Kruger National Park, South Africa by wildpainter

Buck and the Denver skyline by rlinn3

A mantis stalks through the desert in Central Oregon. by davidderienzo

kayla and Camila by tessawilliams

Was so very lucky to come around a curve in the road and have this lynx walking towards me. I pulled over and parked, grabbed my camera and starting s by DJMayImages

Bison in Winter Snow by tomhausler

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.