wasp 2 on the water surface - drinking

wasp moves on the water surface - drinking, not sinking - shadow building underneath in a very symmetric way. you can see the cohesion on the water surface.
in EXPLORE / interestingness 2007-06-24

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newbiemind says:

Excellent capture!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Shutter Dreamer says:

Great stuff, I love the shadow on the bottom of the pool, really makes the difference.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Craggs says:

Incredible detail, fantastic observation and great representation of colours.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Nehcoy Siola [deleted] says:

Great shot!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Jessica Sweet TV says:

Wow, and the shadows

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

colorfulexpressions says:

very interesting capture and facts!
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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

@nt!x says:

nicely done!
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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

sbily says:

Great shot!
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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Froot Smoothie says:

fantastic shot!
The Nature Group
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

OneMipipippi says:

Incredible shadow/refraction. Shows you how strong surface tension is.

The Nature Group
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

'Sonia' [deleted] says:

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Fabio Uru says:

Great picture

The Nature Group
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

alun_thomas09 says:

Amazing shadow and water tension!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

idoms_paradise says:

Absolutely beautiful. Faved.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

sonofwalrus says:

Very, very cool. Especially the shadow.
The water tension building around his feet is incredible!
And the yellow-blue combination is perfect.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

elmanabita says:

Fantástica! Con la sombra que proyectan las patas de la avispa en el fondo azul se ve espectacular
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

natureluv says:

I've done a few of these shots with Jesus bugs. This is a great one.

Beautiful Capture Award
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

My Name is Merle says:

That is amazing - that surface tension can actually be seen. Phenomenal shot.

Seen in pages of Explore.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Razumichin says:

love it!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

happygrrl says:

Wow... that is wild! Great capture!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

B*_J says:

Nice capture!
Wonderful shadow :-D
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Rick & Bart says:

Fantast!c shot
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Baba Mdogo says:

Excellent observation and detail. What a shot! Congrats!!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Uros Petrovic says:

Amazing shadow!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Skipbro says:

Nicely seen and captured. Excellent demonstration of nature and
physics, in a beautiful manner.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

hatch1921 says:

Excellent capture.

Hatch
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

tolis* says:

wonderful shot

I saw this in the 50+ Faves group and Faved it.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

jsprhrmsn.photography says:

Nice shot!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Jutilda says:

VERY COOL!!!

Seen in EXPLORE
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

adric1010 says:

I saw this in the 50+ Faves group and Faved it.

preview:
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

*harvest_ja [deleted] says:

Beautiful~~Beautiful~~~Beautiful~~~:D

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Agnes Geirdal says:

wow..this one is amazing....great shot!

I saw this in the 50+ Faves group and Faved it.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

maytevidri says:

Well done! Great shot! I love the colors and the shadow!

I saw your great picture in Superb Masterpiece Group
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

alonsodr says:

Amazing...

TB Award Simply The Best!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

farissshafee II says:

You are invited to add this image at Ish@Flickr!
(Ish@Flickr)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

algo says:

That is a terrific photo.
I can't remember seeing a wasp walk on water. How did you persuade it?

TB Award Simply The Best!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

bluegallery says:

i have seen this photo before somewhere, i recognized it immediatly.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

n_ila says:

Wow, that's great!
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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

chpaola says:

great shot !
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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

farissshafee II says:

great capture
Do add this image at Ish@Flickr!
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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

HappyBubbles says:

Sehr schönes Foto.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Retinol says:

An outstanding picture and a great idea! Very well done. Beautiful composition and colors, too!
NaturesFinest
Please add this great photo to Nature’s Finest
Tag your photo with "NaturesFinest"
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Lara-queen says:

very beautiful

Congratulations!
Your pic becomes nominee of "Shield Of Excellence"
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Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 500 views and 50 favourites, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

wooww
this is one really cool shot! :D
loved the colors and the shadow! :D
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Animal Kingdom (invite only): Enlightenment Through Photography, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

macropoulos says:

Cool catch :-)
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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jprhea25 says:

very cool shot.
-JP
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Rundstedt B. Rovillos says:

excellent moment! another "RightPlaceRightTimeography!"
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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora says:

this old fave deserves another visit!

I saw this in the 100+ Faves group and Faved it.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Angelique (Liek) says:

Such a smart capture :-)

Want to join us in the +75 faves pool?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Flipped Out says:

Science and art together = hard to do!

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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

BaziWien says:

was für eine herrliche Aufnahme !
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Gregor Halbwedl says:

unglaublich der Schatten, tolle Komposition in Farbe und Aufbau!

Please add this fine image to Mega Shot; Post 1 - Nominate 4 Mega Shots
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Lumase says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Only bLu, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

CaCuMu says:

Great shot!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

_ Krystian PHOTOSynthesis (wild-thriving) _ says:

..."one in a Million" - Pikture! Kongrats...
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Jean de la Tête says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wind, Sand and Water, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

cleangetaway says:

what an extremely interesting photo! this a marvelous shot, did this just happen or did you have intentions of capturing something like this?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

burgenschenker says:

@cleangetaway:
thank you for your interest -
I saw the phenomenom in our garden. wasps came in - very regualary- to the water for drinking. most impressing was the way of building shadows. I had time enough to look for my nikon and to take some shots - so I could select the best one.
Greetings
burgenschenker
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Ofer says:

The shadow is quite amazing.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

halfeast says:

like a bee and a flower! truly amazing!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

gilderic says:

Excellent picture !
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

She's Clearly a Bad Influence On Herself says:

this is an extremely remarkable capture -- a photo definitely good enough to grace the pages of National Geographic!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

ilan99 says:

This one is just great!!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Anumâ says:

Congratulations, you have received a B-R-A-V-O Award for Achieving Excellence in Photography !
Please add this beautiful photo to the B-R-A-V-O Award group!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Athena's Pix (Busy again) says:

Love the dots the feet make! Great shot!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Giancarlo Mella says:

great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

E' UNA FOTO BELLISSIMA,
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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

russell.bride says:

Sehr schön aufgenommen!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

HanaS. says:

einfach genial.....*
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Franz-62 says:

Die Wespe auf dem Wasser ist perfekt fotografiert. Sehr gute Komposition.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

laverrue says:

Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe Crème de la Crème/Cream of the cream, und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

...Love Is Noise says:

People's Choice
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

7knelas says:

beautiful

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Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

ian boyd says:

amazing~!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

ellendejonge says:

I hate wasps.... but this is an amazing capture!

People's Choice
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Matthew Dutile says:

Very cool. I love the shadows its feet create on the water.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

marinagrr says:

I saw this wonderful photo in

"your preferred pictures" group
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

zecaruso says:

Congratulations! Your photo is a favourite in
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Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

fabio c. favaloro says:

This brilliant photo is awarded a Nikon-flickr-Award!

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Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

_sbr_ says:

This photo deserves a DIGIFOTO Pro Award, please join the group to compete for real prizes
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

PIPOPON says:

excelente toma y que buen momento ademas un muy buen macro

Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

mmoborg says:

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adi みどうり says:

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Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

SBA73 says:

This photo deserves a DIGIFOTO Pro Award
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

pixiesticks23♥ (real busy) says:

People's Choice
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Fatima2t says:

wow!! so interesting!!

This is an Amazing Shot!!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Enllasez says:

I saw this wonderful photo in

"your preferred pictures" group
Excellent image!!!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Mohamad Yaser Azrak says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Nescafe, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

avielpa says:

Esta brillante foto merece un Nikon-flickr-Award

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Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Ekz . says:

Excelente Foto! esta foto esta nominada favor de adherirla
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Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

poe_ says:

This is absolutely fantastic!!!!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

MucahitOral says:

Great!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

KookyMunster says:

This picture is pretty close to perfect
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Paulina58 says:

this Amazing Work deserves a Crown !

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

NdreE says:

Cool!
Seen in:
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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Art Flow says:

fantasting shot !
just A

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

S C W says:

Wow- very cool!
This photo took my BREATH away

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

io mero says:

Wow! This is a great photo! I saw it in

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WONDERFUL!!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

PINOY PHOTOGRAPHER says:

Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe "WORLD OF ANIMALS" (Post 1 and Comment 1), und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Cindersmom & Roma, in & out says:

fantastic image and an instant fave..

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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