Hello! My name is Jodie. I live in Minnesota where the temps can fluxuate by 20 degrees in one day. Most of my photos have been taken very close to my home, a 10 acre hobby farm., where I raise Alpacas and chickens. I am a band director, a musician/singer and a photographer/adviser on the yearbook committee. My camera of choice is a Nikon. I have a D90 and a D70. I also have a SB800 flash and favorite lens is Nikon 18-200mm AF-S, with VR. Revisiting the visual arts is something I should have done years ago. If I see something remarkable, I just try to capture it. Nobody else will ever see it quite that way again so I hope you try that, too. This is just like expensive therapy for us.  Thank you for visiting and may you have a peaceful day!Â
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Comments (24)
3x3
awesome capture x f!
elfin14doaks
It's a hornet, nice macro!
E.Houser
Wow! Fantastic photo.
nigh23
great Photo they look so mean but are in fact colorfull
busi2ness
Awesome clarity and composition Jodie. It looks like summer is in full swing while we suffer in the midst of our long winter. The color is so uplifting for the spirit.
kgb224
I think this is a wasp.Stunning capture Jodie.
Katraz
This is a super sharp macro well done, I think it is an hornet.
i-popba
cool shot...!!! love colors and dept.!!! love it.
ledwolorz
Wonderful macro.
durleybeachbum
SUPERB pic! I can only ID UK insects. A favourite for sure.
GBCalls
That is one super sharp image! Excellent
duncanlong
The details you're capturing and lighting are nothing short of amazing. There are all types of wasps and I believe this is one of them, though I'm not certain what kind. Beautiful work.
tizjezzme
What a stunning macro Jodie!! We see these all the time here; in fact, hubby got stung by one yesterday. OUCHIES!!!
CavalierLady
How beautiful! The light green and yellow make a perfect backdrop and contrast for this wasp! Excellent image, Jodie!
mermaid
what a wonderful clear macro of this special colored wasp
goodoleboy
Lavender blue, dilly dilly.... Superbly stellar POV, clarity, colors, composition, contrast, lighting and textures in this macro, Jodie! Well, the insect does have a wasp waist, so I assume it's a wasp. Actually, that is one strange body arrangement, in particular that camouflaged tank strapped to its rear. Extra fuel for long range flight? Anyway, Andrea is the expert on this stuff, so she may know what this bugger is.
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!!
anaber
Wonderful macro jodie!!Beautiful colours and luminousity!!
PhotoBill
Beautiful photo, Jodie. This little fellow looks like the wasps we have here in Southern Oregon, except here they have yellow stripes on a black thorax.
anahata.c
lol Andrea & Harry...Andrea about only being able to ID Brit insects (who say "Cheerio!", talk about dead parrots, quote Winston Churchill & eat bangers & eggs), and Harry with that extra fuel tank! It's a wonderful macro, of the many designs on its body, of its posture—wonderfully caught, all wrapped around the flower—and of your rich play of focussed & non-focussed flowers & the way the softer focus creates "bursts" throughout the shot: Great work, great choices & seeing. Lotta depth in these macros, and beautiful light & shade (duncan, and ana's "luminosity"): Your years of experience, training & studying other photographers, and probably your lifetime of music has flowed into your photography; and this one is a beautiful example.
tennesseecowgirl
Seen my share of these this summer, what a beauty, don't think that much when I am out in the yard though LOL. So are you enjoying tht cooler weather like we are having here, we are having record nigthtime lows for this time of year, feels like fall here. I am loving this.
fredster66
An amazing photo!
guitar-slinger
I don't know what it is but I do know you did a great job on capturing it, I like the dill too, [^__^] !!! Cheers, Roger
Flannelman
Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus Or something close ;-) Great shot and I can just imagine the smell of the kitchen during pickeling time. ;-)