ENTRY DESCRIPTION
In an attempt to get as close as possible, I have tried to express the unique and powerful features of a wasp.

As a fifteen-year-old, I enjoyed having my own microscope, watching fabrics, dust, and insects highly magnified. To refind this joy, but also to have a more three-dimensional feel to the imagery, I reversed a Zeiss 15mm Distagon, and added six extension rings.

I found a dusty wasp in my hallway that I used as my model.

Watching the images and fine-tuning the look and feel was a real treat.

AUTHOR
Martijn Rijnberg has a background in molecular biology, and founded award-winning scientific 3D animation company Cortical Studios in 2001. In 2012 he founded visual production company Zero Landscape to explore the possibilities of photography and film by choosing creative photography projects and by creating music videos, shorts and now also larger projects such as a feature film. One of his photographs has been used on a book cover, and is the motivation of an interview on the Zeiss website, that focusses on his photography work of the last years.

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