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    From my archieve, created a year ago. Hope you like it. I don't really know the sepcies.
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    Beautiful Ramón. The colours, lighting and BG are outstanding, and to get the beetle just before it takes off is genious.

    This looks like a species of Jewel Scarab to me. They were and still are collected for their colours and fetch a big price.

    http://photography.nationalgeographi...-672166-sw.jpg
    http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ng...re3/index.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_scarab

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    Beautiful image Ramon! My gosh, that's got some awesome DOF and great details throughout! I love that you captured it just off the "heads on" position - the only drawback is we only get to see one of the two antennas really clearly and those are some cool looking antenna!

    Colors and BG are lovely. Love the coming action of the image. This is just so well done. Congrats!

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    Great capture!
    Very nice details and colors.And the starting pose is outstanding!
    Thomas Herou

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    Stunning shot Ramon! Great soft lighting with the light tent and nice pose.

    Cheers!
    Bruce

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    Wow! Fantastic shot. (BTW - both antennae are totally clear, the one closest to the viewer (us) is in front of the insect's right eye.) Ramon, how did you get such a lovely olive-green bg in the light tent?

    It's probably in the genus Plusiotis or a closely related genus. We have 3 species in the U.S. (in Arizona, New Mexico, & Texas). See:
    http://www.insectcompany.com/gallery/plusiotis.shtml

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Allen View Post
    Wow! Fantastic shot. (BTW - both antennae are totally clear, the one closest to the viewer (us) is in front of the insect's right eye.) Ramon, how did you get such a lovely olive-green bg in the light tent?

    It's probably in the genus Plusiotis or a closely related genus. We have 3 species in the U.S. (in Arizona, New Mexico, & Texas). See:
    http://www.insectcompany.com/gallery/plusiotis.shtml
    GREAT link Bob, thanks!
    For the BG I use a fabric, in this case, an olive-green one, I have light blue, other greens, browns, etc :)

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    What a cool looking creature, it reminds mr of the Transformers :)

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    Great pose and colors amigo. I like it. Well captured. :)

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    Hi Ramon, congratulations on a great image. Nothing to add to the above. The position of the beetle on the end of the perch and the " just before take-off timing" does it for me. I'm wondering if the image would gain from a little more free space under the perch (but my guess is that there isn't any.

    - Jerry -

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry van Dijk View Post
    Hi Ramon, congratulations on a great image. Nothing to add to the above. The position of the beetle on the end of the perch and the " just before take-off timing" does it for me. I'm wondering if the image would gain from a little more free space under the perch (but my guess is that there isn't any.

    - Jerry -
    Jerry, I do agree with you about a bit more room at the bottom, but sadly, there isn't :(

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