One of my most memorable shoots to date.
First I was slowly stalking a butterfly. Like usual as I would get close the butterfly would sense me and fly off to a new spot. I would keep watch and see where it lands then try to crawl close. This time I saw the butterfly land and then flutter to the ground and it looked as though it was stuck in the lower grassy area. I got closer and noticed a wasp had tackled it to the ground. This was all very frantic and happened in a matter of seconds. The wasp first decapitated the butterfly and then proceeded to tear each limb off one at a time. I felt like I wanted to help but it was nature....
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He took off all the wings and it seemed he was after the body area. Once he had freed it he flew off a little and proceeded to eat it I assume.
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The Aftermath
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So needless to say I was kinda discouraged.... so much for a nice butterfly shot.
I continued on. About half hour later in another field. I see what I thought may be a sleeping wasp. I move in for closer inspection. There is one of the biggest most yellow crab spiders I have seen to date.
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Lucky for me I had brought my biggest tube. Only the one but this was a perfect opportunity to use it. I fumbled around and managed to get everything back together. Oh crap where did my subject go? After some frantic searching I found him in some foliage.
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Nature works in mysterious ways
