This is one of the tiny beetle night flyers that swarmed the porchlight last night. There were dozens of them crawling on the siding and window screens so I brought one in for a focus stacking session using the Laowa 60mm 2X macro mounted on a 36mm extension tube.
I thought that it would be interesting to see what this beetle would look like in a black and white view and I liked the feel of it so I thought that I would post it for something a bit different.
Really nice as usual, sippy.
Another excellent photo, Gary!
BEAUTIFUL shot!! Sippy. Did you kill it or just put it in the fridge for a couple hours?
Thanks, Longshadow. It's nice that you could stop by.
kpmac wrote:
Really nice as usual, sippy.
Thanks, Kpmac. I thought that I would try something different with this one and, because it was a black beetle, it appears to have worked out well.
UTMike wrote:
Another excellent photo, Gary!
Thanks, UTMike. I've been following the posts about your trip and they are quite lovely.
Flying Three wrote:
Absolutely cool. . . .
Thanks, Flying Three, for viewing and for the reply.
Retired CPO wrote:
BEAUTIFUL shot!! Sippy. Did you kill it or just put it in the fridge for a couple hours?
Retired CPO, I dispatched one of them from the swarm. They are about the size of a grain of rice. It is a "hard smooth-bodied" specimen so it will keep well in denatured alcohol. The "night flyers" are attracted to the porch light and I could collect May Beetles by the bushel right now.
Thanks for dropping by, Nimbushopper.
Really great stack Sippy, a thing that nightmares are made of
Curmudgeon wrote:
Really great stack Sippy, a thing that nightmares are made of
Thanks, Curmudgeon. There aren't too many that would win a beauty contest when viewed under magnification.
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