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The Enemy (WC 610)
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The Enemy (WC 610)

by Wayne Jones

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted November 14, 201391 views6 comments
Since before the age of the dinosaurs, the enemy has been attacking animals large and small, drinking our blood. Transmitter of disease; the cause of itchy bumps; singer of the most annoying high-pitched buzzing; homing in on our bodies like thieves in the dark when honest flies are asleep. Could the Earth live without them? Maybe the little aquatic and aerial predators could find something else to eat.

Canon 50D; Sigma 150 Macro
1/200 sec. @ f/20; Flash with diffuser

The indignities we suffer to get a picture!

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on November 15, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Very nice Wayne, great post for this theme.
I've seen these 'skin' shots before of course, but never tried it myself..
Well done! :toast: :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 15, 2013 at 5:32 PM
I'd never let one sit long enough to take it's picture! Maybe we should have a "flattened insect" theme! Terrific details here, Wayne...has me thinking Walter Reed.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Lockhart on November 15, 2013 at 7:02 PM
Really nice lighting on this one Wayne; looks like a golden skeeter! The narrow DOF works well to highlight the subject only while still giving a sense of place...ouch! Very sharp shot.
Registered on February 19, 2013, 91 Posts, 500 Comments
Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on November 15, 2013 at 11:22 PM
Great entry....definitely an enemy....especially of my husband. Your Model for the perch must be a Very good friend. Great focus and detail.
Registered on May 23, 2009, 800 Posts, 2042 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on November 16, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Excellent capture of this pesky thing. The larger version really shows some perfect detail, Wayne. These guys just love me too as a pin cushion of sorts.

Nasty little boogers..... :mad:
Man those things are irritating critters. I can recall as kids heating up a pocket knife with a can of Sterno while were camping and lancing the bites all of our bodies. The pain from the knife burn was better then the itchy lump from these disease carriers.

To add to the story on these nasty things my Dad fought malaria most of his life after contracting the disease in the south pacific during WWII........ :frown:
Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on November 18, 2013 at 11:32 AM
Another "Oh, Wayne!" shot. :rolleyes: Is that really "you" as the perch? If so, you are certainly a dedicated photographer! :biggrin: Great detailed view of this nasty critter as he is partaking of "lunch", with good lighting and a fine comp. Only minor suggestion would be to crop up some from the bottom.
Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments