Focus is odd as is the angle. Upright Beetle

[JBW]

[Shadowman]

Problem is the beetle's body is so short that this foreshortened capture can't really emphasize its body. Good close-up.

[madcrow]

Must agree with John this time. It is still a good image.

[Minerva]

Great image Brian, well done.

[Geoff F]

Good head view, Brian. Plenty of detail on the antennae and jaws, both of which would probably be needed if this was part of a sequence for identification.

[JBW]

Problem is the beetle's body is so short that this foreshortened capture can't really emphasize its body. Good close-up.

I was wandering through the potato patch when I met this fellow. I set it up so that I was at about a fourty-five degree angle above him. He moved and reared up to look at me as I clicked. Out of the dozen or so shots I took this was the grabber. I suppose this proves the rule about getting the eyes in focus.

[JBW]

Good head view, Brian. Plenty of detail on the antennae and jaws, both of which would probably be needed if this was part of a sequence for identification.

Imam going to have to start figuring out the identities of these beasties.

[JBW]

Great image Brian, well done.

but not as good as the oregano blossom.