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Green Tiger Beetle

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Posted by Des Ong on May 2, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Went to the moors today looking for Adders but didn't see any. Speaking to the locals, it'd appear that they've already dispersed. Very disapointed. There were however, loads of insects, including these shinny beetles.

Des

150mm
iso200
f/16
1/25s
Posted by John Robinson on May 2, 2009 at 6:25 PM
That's a belter !!
Great picture. Is that the Sigma 150mm ?
Good stuff indeed.
JohnR
Posted by Mark Davies on May 2, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Ooh this is nice .Really impressive
Posted by Craig Jones on May 2, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Wow!, the detail is brillant, love the colours too, very nice photo, well done :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Justin on May 3, 2009 at 6:34 AM
Love it. :toast:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on May 3, 2009 at 7:03 AM

Beautiful shot, nice one! :biggrin:

Lewis,
:toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 3, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Cracker Des - very nice :wavey:
Posted by eric weight on May 3, 2009 at 11:58 AM
That's really good. Nice, different angle, good DoF and colours spot-on. Couldn'ty ask for more.
:toast: eric
Posted by jack chapman on May 3, 2009 at 12:16 PM
brilliant detail and composition, an excellent shot
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on May 3, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Nice one Des, I know how tricky these guys can be to shoot so well done.

Greg
Posted by Matt Cole on May 3, 2009 at 3:00 PM
a lovely shot Des, nicely done.

Matt
Posted by Malcolm Muir on May 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Excellent Des. I find that green tigers either run all over the place or fly at a moments notice - so well done. Great perspective.

Malcolm :toast: :toast:
Posted by Des Ong on May 3, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Yes, these guys were not very co-operative, I was crawling on the ground like a SAS on a mission for quite a while to creep up to them. Not very nice on damp soil in the moorlands.

JR - yes it's the Sigma John, I use this almost exclusively now for macro work, although I do have a Tamron 90mm that is equally sharp.

Thanks for all your comments.

Des
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 4, 2009 at 7:20 AM


Super shot Des, I remember seeing one of these on Whixall common a couple of years ago, very fast when on the move, superb little beastie, perch, comp and BG are all very good, top stuff.

Andy...