I am 58 years young, live in Johannesburg, South Africa and I'm a true product of my continent. I love the bush, the animals, sunshine, sunsets - oh well, anything to do with nature. I am unmarried and have three sons - 37, 33 and 30 respectively and three granddaugters aged 12, 6 and 4 respectively and obviously the light of my life! Photography has always been a passion and I have loved it since I can remember. I was still using a SLR camera and only switched to digital only in late 2007! My other passion is travel and I have been lucky enough to have travelled fairly widely. There are however still many, many places I would love to visit "one day." I am truly an amateur photographer and do it merely as a hobby. So please be gentle when you comment on my work. :-) Thank you Piet, my dear friend, for convincing me to place my work on Renderosity. You owe me one! Hugs, Carin xx
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Comments (22)
Otto1969
Great photographie, so clear, well done! Courious to know what kind of insect (wasp?) this is.
jayfar
This is a fave for me Karen - love it.
Sorry to hear of your picture problems, I hope they can be sorted.
I thought you had lost your post as Mediator in the changes so am so glad you are still there.
auntietk
What a super shot! I can't imagine how you got close enough to get this. Wonderful!
jendellas
Excellent photo of this little worker. x
blinkings
I bet that has a sting and a half!
MrsRatbag
Yikes, I still wouldn't want to get that close. Excellent shot! I washed away two mud-dauber nests from the wall of my front porch the other week; luckily no adults were present, just some larva that got rinsed into the dirt. So far no rebuilding...
CavalierLady
That is a wicked cool looking wasp!! Good luck with the IT dept on your pics, Carin... I would have given up in tears.
Richardphotos
I put my pictures on dvd's just as soon as I can. even one never knows when a hard drive will go kaput! these creatures build so fast, but I do not allow them to build on my house. some do not know when to move on
bmac62
Sharp, sharp, sharp. These are industrious little guys. I use long range wasp spray to knock 'em down.
1971s
Nice!
bakapo
this really is an amazing shot!
durleybeachbum
What a cutie ! The holdfast is so small and looks so delicate but must be immensely strong. I can't believe all these otherwise lovely folk go around destroying nests! The only time I had to do that was when a queen wasp started one on the ceiling of my bedroom, which could have ended up housing hundreds in the colony. This lady looks fairly harmless to me. I do hope get your pics released! What a disaster!
wysiwig
Just tell the IT people that art must be served. A fascinating image. She must have been really focused on her house building to not notice you. So close and sharp and very cool.
helanker
Super shot of this little critter. I have never heard this could harm people. So why distroy the nest?
Cyve
Outstanding.
kgb224
I hope they can really assist you Carin. It would be a heck of a loss for you if you lose all your pictures. Stunning capture Carin. God bless.
dochtersions
Ah, this is a clever photo of a smart critter, dear Carin; it looks such special seeing it by building it's home. Fingers crossed, as I hope the IT people did help you quick, and with pleasure!!!
Katraz
Have you tried emailing them to yourself or putting them in Dropbox , Nice shot but It's an evil looking critter.
Meisiekind
Al - I did email myself a few but at 4MB each and over 300 images it may take a while, We are also limited at work with email size!
goodoleboy
Great shot of the critter with a mission, Carin. Looks like some kind of wasp. If I got that close to it I would have armed myself with a flamethrower just in case it wasn't that tolerant of my presence. As for your IT, encryption and download problems, have you ever considered some flash drives for storage while traveling?
pat40
Brilliant work
Faemike55
wonderful and very cool macro I hope you get all your issues resolved