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Jun 02, 2009 08:31 |  #1

Saw this little guy walking on my dining room table so of course I had to rush and grab my camera. He was very skittish and did not like the camera and flashes at all. If the 10 or so pics I got of him, only these 2 were 1/2 usable. He was also very difficult to sharpen. I ended selectively sharpening only his legs and eyes. If I applies any sharpening to his body, it looked horrible so excuse the softness.

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I did get one portrait shot that turned out ok.
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Jun 02, 2009 09:08 |  #2

What? Are you kidding me? You found such a great looking tiger beetle on your table? Amazing!

Great catch! Love the vibrant colors!


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Jun 02, 2009 09:08 |  #3

Certainly irridescent :)


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Jun 02, 2009 09:49 |  #4

excellent portrait shot.


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Jun 02, 2009 13:17 |  #5

Wonderful capture- would love to find one of these on the table :0
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Jun 02, 2009 14:42 as a reply to  @ LordV's post |  #6

I love the second one! Just great!




  
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Jun 02, 2009 16:35 as a reply to  @ Frebeat's post |  #7

What a beautiful beetle. Thanks for sharing.


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Jun 02, 2009 17:34 |  #8

Thanx for lookin'. He certainly was iridescent. And Brian, my wife did not share your enthusiasm. :)


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Jun 02, 2009 20:08 as a reply to  @ gjl711's post |  #9

Beautiful beetle ,great shots.


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Jun 03, 2009 01:18 |  #10

gjl711 wrote in post #8037736 (external link)
Thanx for lookin'. He certainly was iridescent. And Brian, my wife did not share your enthusiasm. :)

My wife is now partly trained- instead of a scream I now get- "there's a bug here you might like"

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Jun 03, 2009 03:50 |  #11

Awesome shots
Yep 2nd is great


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Jun 03, 2009 08:01 |  #12

LordV wrote in post #8040030 (external link)
My wife is now partly trained- instead of a scream I now get- "there's a bug here you might like"

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I've trained my wife as well, but she still doesn't like it. :)


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Jun 03, 2009 11:14 |  #13

The second one is GREAT!


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Jun 03, 2009 13:56 |  #14

Wow!! almost looks like an HDR.


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Jun 03, 2009 18:54 |  #15

Second one is nice :)


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