No not Harry, but I think this is a Rove Beetle, quite a big one, around 1" long...
51 images in stack. Shot with E330, OM Bellows, OM38/2.8 @ f2.8. Stacked in Zerene stacker
Rove beetle (Antenna shot added)
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Rove beetle (Antenna shot added)
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I agree, it's a superb picture. I do not agree with the ID , i.e., the genus is correct but the species is Staphylinus dimidiaticornis (S. caesareus has golden pubescence on the postocular region.Harold Gough wrote:If it had reddish-brown elytra it could be Staphylinus caesareus. Anyway, a superb picture.
Harold
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Thanks for the kind words all, and thanks Harry for the ID! It's nice to nail one to species level occasionally!
Rik yes that's condensation. I did leave this one for a little while after getting it out of the freezer, and it looked okay in the viewfinder, these spots were only obvious once I'd stacked the images together.
Rik yes that's condensation. I did leave this one for a little while after getting it out of the freezer, and it looked okay in the viewfinder, these spots were only obvious once I'd stacked the images together.
I've been very impressed with ZS. I've done quite a few tests running the same images through ZS, CZP and Tufuse pro (I don't have Helicon) and the ZS output has always looked the best to me. Sometimes the other two can come very close but ZS definitely has the edge, particularly on halos, and overlapping details. Also the built in retouching facilities are easy to use..
I did mention it elsewhere but in case you're not aware I was one of the ZS beta testers so I've been using it quite a while now. I don't bother running stacks through the other packages any more, I just run everything through Zerene.
I did mention it elsewhere but in case you're not aware I was one of the ZS beta testers so I've been using it quite a while now. I don't bother running stacks through the other packages any more, I just run everything through Zerene.