A Rove Beetle (Staphylinus erythropterus)

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Posted by Paul King on August 10, 2010 at 2:57 PM

A Rove Beetle (Staphylinus erythropterus)

Mouching around the garden doing flying ants!! this wee beastie popped up out of nowhere.

Very pristine in its livery.

D300 sigma 180 1/250th -1 EV
sb800 fill flash f11.

your comments are as awlways appreciated.

Posted by Karen Summers on August 10, 2010 at 3:52 PM

never seen one of these I don t think, good shot and some good detail

Posted by Des Ong on August 10, 2010 at 4:56 PM

Good control of fill-flash and great details on the beastie. Only nit would be the OOF bit at the front end, especially on the LHS.

Regards,

Des

Posted by Jeff Harrison on August 11, 2010 at 4:50 AM

A great image of an impressive beastie

Posted by David Sewell on August 11, 2010 at 9:45 AM

Nit already covered, otherwise a fabulous, and unusual, shot.

David

Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 11, 2010 at 2:32 PM

Great BG on this one Paul, the colours and detail on the beetle aren't bad either.

Andy...

Posted by Maggie Campbell on August 11, 2010 at 6:09 PM

Nice one Paul and good detail. Never seen one of these either.