Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: nest

This was the first picture I took of this wasp, perching protectively on her newly built nest. She allowed me to approach to within 6" of her before she finally flew off while I took the rest of my pictures.

Finding tiny wasp eggs inside this new nest was a wonderful surprise, and I was able to get this picture to share! Hooray! :)

I had a whole set of apertures to choose from for this image, and decided that a little crispness at the front half was just right. As a macro photographer, I've learned that taking sets of many apertures of each subject helps to ensure that I'll get at least one, if not a handful, of nice choices to pick from and a higher probability that I'll get the desired depth of field.

What a beautiful, warm day it was today! I went out this afternoon to look for some neat images, and I didn't have to go far! I've been meaning to take a picture of a yellow wildflower that grows here, called Desert Parsley, and while I was getting various angles, I heard a loud buzzing. Hmm...bumble bee? I looked and saw something land nearby. Oh wow, I thought to myself as I spotted the insect...it was a paper wasp, and it was perched on a brand new nest attached to a dead star thistle stem. There was a time in my life when seeing this wasp would make me scream and run away. But I'm not afraid anymore and I knew that if I moved slowly, I'd be able to take lots of pictures and it would likely just fly away if it got nervous. And that's what happened! :) I got two really nice pictures of this female wasp, and when it moved away, I got lots of great pictures of its new nest, and then I discovered that some of the cells had eggs inside! Fantastic!