Dreams of Coloured Yew ...

MarkB1 · Post by **MarkB1** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:51 am

This little fella got lost one day, climbed onto my foot and, weary of the trek across the great waste of concrete asked for hospitality from a fellow traveler and for me to point the way, since I am so tall and can see so far, he said.

How could I refuse? I gave him some colour to play in before feeding and watering and sending on his way, out into the wilds of the garden where he promptly dug down below the grass and into the soil - built for digging, he was right at home and soon disappeared from sense. Or in sense. Hmmm!

Could be she.

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twebster · Post by **twebster** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:37 am

This is a very nice series of images. Number 1 and #3 are my favorites. I can see Rik wanting to do a full series of image stacks of this beetle!

Well done, Mark.

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:50 am

Nice find. I have never seen anything like that.

MarkB1 · Post by **MarkB1** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:46 am

Thanks Tom, appreciated.

twebster wrote:This is a very nice series of images. Number 1 and #3 are my favorites. I can see Rik wanting to do a full series of image stacks of this beetle! Well done, Mark.

gmazza · Post by **gmazza** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:13 pm

The colors fit beautifully with the background, very beautiful and very interesting esp the shape of the compound eyes, are they kidney shaped eyes ? Have one frame of them ?

SONYNUT · Post by **SONYNUT** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:05 pm

nice chrome plated bug

orionmystery · Post by **orionmystery** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:24 pm

Great set, wonderful light and colors.

MarkB1 · Post by **MarkB1** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:40 am

I've only seen it twice in two years, in the garden.

Mitch640 wrote:Nice find. I have never seen anything like that.

Martin G. · Post by **Martin G.** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:42 am

very nice series and lighting!

MarkB1 · Post by **MarkB1** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:36 am

I can't find it now but I remember seeing the eye beneath the plate and it looked round. What you see is a small segment.

gmazza wrote:The colors fit beautifully with the background, very beautiful and very interesting esp the shape of the compound eyes, are they kidney shaped eyes ? Have one frame of them ?

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:22 am

Quite spectacular, and nicely captured!

MarkB1 · Post by **MarkB1** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:55 am

Thanks SN, Kurt and Martin, appreciated.

MarkB1 · Post by **MarkB1** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:18 pm

Thanks Cy, appreciated.

Cyclops wrote:Quite spectacular, and nicely captured!

pierre · Post by **pierre** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:47 am

Nice set Mark

MarkB1 · Post by **MarkB1** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:12 pm

Thanks Pierre, appreciated.