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mtonsbeek
10th of July 2006 (Mon), 14:51
This little chap I spotted as he moved just a tiny fraction as I walked past. He was thereafter subjected to about 130 shots with flash and a few with natural day light but they were unfortunately binned immediately as they were spectactularly unexiting.

At one stage he decided to climb deeper into the hawthorn (probably thoroughly fed up with the flashes) but as I was not quite willing to let him go, I gently cut the branch he was sitting on and repositioned him on the white/pink flowers for a different background

Googling it I think it is a Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale but am happy to be corrected on that.

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Hope you like them!

Maarten

mtonsbeek
10th of July 2006 (Mon), 15:39
And two more of the same series:

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Comments would be much appreciated.

Maarten

Omri Alon
11th of July 2006 (Tue), 11:28
Great detail and color :D I really like these pics :D

mtonsbeek
12th of July 2006 (Wed), 01:45
Thank you Omri, your compliments are much appreciated!

Maarten