Not sure what this beetle is, but I've got a few photos of it both htis year and last- always give a striking pose and colors when climbing towards edge of leaves
just wanted to further comment that this was taken with a lensbaby double glass lens, with wide angle lens attachment and a #10 close up lens all stacked together-
eddie dean Alpaca
Registered: June 2011 Location: san francisco Posts: 21
Sun July 3, 2011 6:15am
thats crazy looking ,great work...
Naz Llama
Registered: March 2010 Location: USA Posts: 628
Sun July 3, 2011 10:27am
thanks- I've got some other really bizzarre looking bugs I captured last week too- they look like they're from mars or out of a bad japanese horror movie from the 1970's lol- I've got to process them though- thanks for commenting
Broccili Vicuna
Registered: January 2009 Location: Alaska Posts: 51
Sun July 10, 2011 10:40pm
Great color... Great "selective focus". Nice photo. Care to share any tricks on photographing insects? I'm sure they don't just pose for you...
Naz Llama
Registered: March 2010 Location: USA Posts: 628
Mon July 11, 2011 1:41am
thanks Broc- these particular beetles don't move real fast, nor are they easily scared off- I can actually grab the milkweed plant and move the leaf around to get the pose I want- although on this photo- I didn't have to- I just waited till it crawled to the edge and snapped a photo just as it was coming over the edge. I used the lensbaby with the 10X closeup, but probably should have used the 4X instead to get just a little more in focus- the 10X is Very shallow depth of field, but I still liked the shot
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