Green metallic and black beetle on blackberry flower

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:27 pm

They attend flowers, me - fruits.

Not bad for hand held 1/80 s

, full frame.

Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Date/time original 06.06.2007 16:27:39
Shutter speed value 1/80 s
Aperture value f/11
ISO speed ratings ISO 200
Focal length 100 mm

LordV · Post by **LordV** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:47 pm

Lovely capture. Interesting size and colour differences. Wonder if they are different sexes.
Brian V.

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:41 am

just think those fruits were pollinated by those bugs. good capture though i love eating wild berries.

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:35 pm

Wonderful shots, Nikola

Irwin

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:19 am

Thanks guys.

Actually they are different species.

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:53 am

Nice shot Nikola.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:06 am

The green one sort of reminds me of what we call a "June Bug." Steady hand for 1/80th of a sec. there Nikola, nice!

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:05 am

Thanks Joan and Ken.

Ken Ramos wrote:... Steady hand for 1/80th of a sec. there Nikola, nice!

Yep... but one in a thousand.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:59 pm

it is always special when you get more than one specimen in your photos and these are two excellent looking critters and a great photo of them.

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:18 pm

Thanks Doug.

Here I applied selective noise reduction (only on background) and sharpening (only on bugs and flower).
Is it o.k.?

No cheating?

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:59 pm

MacroLuv wrote: Here I applied selective noise reduction (only on background) and sharpening (only on bugs and flower).
Is it o.k.?
No cheating?

I just noticed this one. The image looks great!

The use of selective noise reduction in some areas, sharpening in others, is not certainly not "cheating".

It is a bit unusual, though, and other people could benefit from knowing about it, so it's a good technique to mention having done.

--Rik