Picture of the day - November 13, 2008

"Chilly Wasp"

Photo courtesy of Timothy W. Briggs. A typical sign of autumn is seeing an insect that would normally be flying around and flittering hither and yon at lightning speed moving about as fast as pond water - or not moving at all. A few days ago photographer Timothy Briggs captured this intriguing close-up image of a rather chilly wasp perched on a cattail. Here are a few words about the photo: "This photo was actually three high-speed, bracketed exposures that were taken handheld and then blended together in post-processing. I had actually visited a local pond one morning in search of dragonflies. Because of the cooler temperatures that morning, I wasn't able to get any dragonfly shots but I happened to notice this wasp apparently trying to warm himself up."  --Timothy W. Briggs Tim invites you to check out more of his wonderful images while visiting his gallery at www.flickr.com/twbriggs.     Visitor Comments... Name: Ron Trees Town: Spokane, WA Mr. Briggs did very good with this picture. It is nice and sharp and I like the way that the Wasp's antenna's resemble a handlebar mustache.     Name: Susan Ayers Town: Atlanta, GA Although I'm not a big fan of creepy, crawly things that can sting me I do love this picture. Very nice.     Name: Winston "Rocky" Rockwell Town: Kirkland, WA An impressive photo, considering that most exposure blending software requires the multiple images to be perfectly aligned… a difficult feat to accomplish when shooting handheld!   Comment on today's picture  |  View previous "Pictures Of The Day"  |  Submit a photo Why I publish the "Picture Of The Day"