Wasp

Found this dead wasp in the backyard so I thought it would be a good test. This was really difficult. The depth of field was so shallow I had to do a focus stack.

But just to get it in focus was trying as I shot this in the living room on the coffee table. Everytime I would focus, lean back to depress the shutter and the carpet would give just enough that the wasp was out of focus. This was all compounded by my “old” eyes which meant I had to constantly switch between glasses on to view and off to focus. Oh did I mention it was too dim to focus so I had to hold a flashlight too. The lens was approximately an inch away so when I’d reach over to focus I would hit the leaf and have to start all over again. I was a real cuss-er!

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