Submitter's name:	Marten Beels
Title:	Hornet Nest
Gear used:	OM-2n + Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 + Vivitar 2x macro focusing teleconverter + (2) T-20s
Diaphragm:	f/8 to f/16
Shutter Speed:	1/60
Film used:	Konica slide film
Technical information:	I used the T-20s off camera connected with a Duo-Sync cord and a modified generic cord. The window pane caused some horrible reflections that reduced the contrast significantly. I should have used a polarizer.
Subject information:	A hornet's nest found in my parent's house. I took that "bellows macro lens" part from Olaf's abstract as a challenge! Technically, it is a rather poor photo, but I really like the subject. Here is an attempt at a unique perspective of a common subject. This is another attempt at a creative tope11 entry.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Nice original architecture interpretation. :) Indeed, those wasps/hornets do know how to construct perfectly shaped hexagons.

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

Nice choice of subject!

Comment left by: Jim Brokaw (jbrokaw@pacbell.net)

I hope the window glass was between you and that nest...

Comment left by: Mickey Trageser (no e-mail specified)

I'm glad someone went with a non-human-origin architectural subject. I saw several hives in the shooting period but never had the opportunity. Those wasps are busy as bees, eh?

Comment left by: John A. Lind (no e-mail specified)

I also was wondering if someone would photograph a hive or nest of some type! Likely it's very good the glass was between you and the hive. I like this one; the subject material and the general composition (remarks about the glass follow). Highlights their industriousness. Don't know if you did this or not . . . One trick with flash[es] and windows is to dismount the flash[es] and press it[them] up against the glass. Works to help eliminate additional reflected light from the flash . With two, or with a flat diffusion panel over the flash face, you can get some decent coverage. You already mention wishing you had used a polarizer which would have helped. Brewster's angle for glass is approx. 45 degrees and requires a little experimentation around that to find it. [Brewster's Angle produces max polarization of reflected light which means you can get max elimination of it with the polarizer.]

Comment left by: Chris Barker (imagopus@threeshoes.co.uk)

Good use of natural architecture, I think. Of course the comb's cell design is the basis for much human design.

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