positively negative?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

[alfredo]

1. It allows you to really see the wasp. You can lose yourself in

the details of the insect.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. maybe better?

can't decide.... these bastards creep me out anyway

[alfredo]

3. That looks like an illustration. Startling.

[Mira]

4. Oh my! If I'm asked, the first one does it for me. Phenomenal.

If you want to use it for an entry, I would prefer, in the spirit of the theme, a hairline border. Otherwise negative space is infinity.
But I won't insist on it
:)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. could change background color

to grey or blue

[alfredo]

11. My vote is for the first one, but I liked the look

of the second one. It's almost like hyperrealism.

[ohheckyeah]

6. It's a little stark on the white

background. But otherwise amazing for detail.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

7. how about some 18% grey

better?

[Mira]

8. Who's a thunk it? The gray softens the starkness of the bug. I really like the

choice of color and also it's intensity. That bug sits great on the background.
But any color that delineates the photo's edge will do for the theme, and that could of course also be white with a tiny skinny 3 pixel border.

[HarveyDarkey]

9. Yeah, I think that did it

spectacular photo.

[alfredo]

10. I like a lighter background. It is hard to get rid of the fringe

around some objects like the left front leg.

[ohheckyeah]

12. I like that a LOT.

Well done!

[Solly Mack]

14. I think that's better.

Love the photo either way.

[Solly Mack]

13. Maybe a tiny amount of gray? Still...the subject matter is greatly enhanced by the negativce space.

[Mz Pip]

15. I like the first one better

and with a hairline boarder it should really stand out.

[Bonhomme Richard]

16. Love it. n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

17. Positively creepy

Nice image, I just have a minor phobia for stinging insects. They really bug me.
I instinctively backed up a few inches when the page opened.