Cuckoo wasp
A splendid bluish-green Cuckoo wasp (11mm, Chrysidoidea, ID: ...) from the miombo forests in Katanga (DR Congo, January 2015). Found it in an old dried wooden post.
Studio work. Specimen rehydrated and staged on a smaller fruit of Ficus microcarpa. Focus stack based on 120 images, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap), not cropped.
Canon 5D mkii, Canon MP-E 65mm at 2.7x, ISO-100, f/6.3, 1/160s, tracing paper diffused flash.
Cuckoo wasp
A splendid bluish-green Cuckoo wasp (11mm, Chrysidoidea, ID: ...) from the miombo forests in Katanga (DR Congo, January 2015). Found it in an old dried wooden post.
Studio work. Specimen rehydrated and staged on a smaller fruit of Ficus microcarpa. Focus stack based on 120 images, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap), not cropped.
Canon 5D mkii, Canon MP-E 65mm at 2.7x, ISO-100, f/6.3, 1/160s, tracing paper diffused flash.