...they went that-a-way...
The other night there was a knock at the door. A friend had discovered this beetle while gardening that afternoon. They had put it aside and driven over to give it to me thinking I might like to photograph it .. isn’t that lovely? :-)
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Vikram Franklin
Well they were right!!! You photographed the heck out of it!!
Awesome, awesome composition and light!!
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Thanks Vikram :-)
SandraRos
Brilliant macro, wonderful light and excellent caption !! Love it !!
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Thank you Sandra :-)
Jason Asher
Sure us Geoff! A great looking bettle too, great colors, can I ask you what your macro setup is mate?
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Cheers jason :-)
I use a Tamron 90mm Macro SP attached to a Nikon D80. (and a tripod of course!)
LYN EVANS
Lol…just love the title on this incredible image, the light is awesome.
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Thanks Lyn :-)
GerryMac
fantastic Geoff! love the detail!
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Thanks Gerry :-)
Euphemia
love the caption AND the title!
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Thanks! :-)
JUSTART
great shot and detail
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Cheers! :-)
Maureen Maliha
hah! Clever again. Terrific macro
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Thanks Maureen :-)
wendy lamb
great lighting… nice neighbours
Geoffrey Dunn replied
We have great neighbours :-)
hsien-ku
astonishingly good shot gregory! the detail and the colour are amazing! you must have some kind of affinity with bugs . . .
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Me and the bugs … like this (holds up crossed fingers)
Call me Gregory once more and I’ll never speak to you again ;-)
Jakov Cordina
cool macro!
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Thanks Jakov :-)
berndt2
amazing! beautiful! – the lighting and colour are exquisite
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Thanks!
CinB
fantastic macro what a coloful little guy
Geoffrey Dunn replied
Cheers Cin!
Scott d'Almeida
outstanding,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Bob Wickham
Your friends are very kind. Perfect shot and imaginative lighting set up
Fiona Kersey
wow…this is…well, wow! :-) and what lovely friends you have too!!
micklyn
Lovely friend, lovely beetle, gosh-darn-awfully lovely capture! Exquisite!
Fiona Christensen
what nice friends you have!! and what a beautiful beetle! stunning and colourful capture of it! Great job Geoffrey! Thank the pope they brought it round to you cos you worked magic with it! :)
niki78
Excellent work done Geoffrey.
Simone Byrne
Brilliant image Geoffrey, the light is perfect!
Edge-of-dreams
I want friends like that :-) Amazing beetle, incredible work !!
Renee Dawson
You have to love friends like that :) What a gorgeous beetle and image this is!
Kadri Laanes
amazing photo! good lighting and funny colourful beetle
bkphoto 29 days ago
Wow! Great Lighting
Kym Howard 24 days ago
Fantastic macro love the title and the lift of the antenna