Soldiers in unarmed combat -- Macro in photography-on-the.net forums

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Dec 28, 2013 02:26 | #1

Two of several thousand plague soldier beetles that visited my garden for a few days. They did no harm.
As I am very much a macro learner, any critique is welcome.

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Dec 28, 2013 03:27 | #2

Very nice shot.

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Dec 28, 2013 03:30 | #3

Good action shot.

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Dec 28, 2013 09:34 | #4

nice shot

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Dec 28, 2013 10:53 | #5

Great shot, very nice OOF bg too.

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Dec 28, 2013 11:13 | #6

Unarmed! Despite exoskeleton. If so why it to took wise humans 20 century to create tanks and not to forget that not so smart Medieval men who handicapped themselves with amour?

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Dec 28, 2013 15:07 as a reply to @ samsen's post | #7

Thank you Bas, Toby, Denis, George and Samsen. This is real encouragement, though I have an ocean to cross before I reach the standard of the old hands on this forum.

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Dec 28, 2013 15:28 | #8

Beautifull capture!

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Dec 31, 2013 00:49 | #9

Agree, lovely action capture
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Jan 01, 2014 04:03 | #10

Wonderful vibrant shot and well caught in action.

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Mar 30, 2014 22:49 as a reply to @ IanClark's post | #11

Thank you Frank, Brian and Ian.

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