Photoshop Enhanced Wasp (Bee)...and did I mention it's dead?

I don't really care for most insects, meaning I don't mind them so terribly much, but I don't want them on me or even very near me. Except for spiders...I'm terrified of all spiders to the point that it's a true phobia. And terror is not an exaggeration.

That said, we had a wasp problem here two summers ago and the result was that there were TONS of dead wasps lying around the screened porch and even in the house at various points during the season. With no car and a serious lack of subject matter, I started taking pictures of them, even posing them on occasion (lots and lots of hand-washing followed each session). I've sold a few of those photos but I still pull the originals out from time to time and play with them.

This morning I messed around with one of my favorites so I thought I'd share the results here.



As are all my photos these days, this was taken with a Samsung Digimax A50 point and shoot digital camera. Lots of post-camera processing turned an okay picture into one that I think is pretty great, and this is just one version of the same image.

Digital photography, and digital images in general are so much fun. Now that there is software as awesome as Adobe Photoshop CS3, all sorts of miracles can take place right on a computer screen. Digital photography will never be the same again!