If there were one thing that was a pain in the “bip bip” this year, it was the unusual amount of wasps in the Montreal region.

I recall one meeting in the old Montreal, on the terrasse (on the roof) of the Nelson Hotel, while sipping a 10$ mojito, I was attack by the little beasts. The poor people who ordered a pink martini, was a whole lot worse for them…

A few weeks ago, as the leaves started to fall, I found this nasty nest.

Now I do understand why they were so many: have you seen the size of this thing? Unreal…

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/750
Aperture : f/9.5
ISO: 800
Focal length : 300 mm (450 en DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise and Detail, Nik Color Efex pro

I just hope they will be more “discrete” in 2010…

François Meehan