Strange Bedfellows

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• PDP (11751)
• [2005-01-24 14:50]
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I think it should have been titled

"Damn it Judith, this love was never meant to be. I mean, just what do we have in common?"


Ok, it's a bit long for a title. Good capture Callie. Unusual as you say...

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• ellis49 (28665)
• [2005-01-24 14:53]

Great shot Callie.
Very good details, colours and composition.
Great note like always.
Excellent work.

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• NitzanCK (878)
• [2005-01-24 14:54]

Wow Callie! amazing shot.
Excellent close-up, this is much better than your last scorpion.
The sharpness is excellent and the POV is really good, the colors are great and the composition is very good too.
The stones around the insects are perfect and the flash worked very well.

Fantastic macro Callie, good work

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• pompey (2762)
• [2005-01-24 15:12]
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Heavens above Callie, i'd hate to see one 160 meters long.
Fascinating subject, great capture, good sharp image.
Great note.

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• JeanMichel (2864)
• [2005-01-24 15:27]

I suppose you didn't ask him to smile! I'm impressed by the size - 160 mm is enough for me -:) and how well their color serve as camouflage in the sand. Seen from the focal lenght, you were not in reaching distance, much better than trying a detailed macro of his head. Very interesting shot, Callie

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2005-01-24 15:29]

That's what I like about nature, natural occuring areas that we don't have to pretty up for pictures.
Excelent post, Callie. This composition shows the beauty of nature. Well done on this composition. he can keep that stinger thank-you very much. :)

Mike

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• marhowie (34399)
• [2005-01-24 21:30]

Callie, I like your note today. Hey, the studio is the field & it's so true, we can't always pick where we stumble across an interesting find. "Learning about nature - through photograpy"! It's the the best benefit/outcome in the final analysis once the photo "BUG" has bit ya!! Excellent macro. TFS!

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• radz (3161)
• [2005-01-24 22:45]

I havn't seen anything this much so close in real.Scary eheh .Lovely compostion and great details.

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• willie (2083)
• [2005-01-25 0:59]

Not a bad picture at all Callie. By my standards good. I like the composition and the notes are informative. Well done

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• elizemeijer (2007)
• [2005-01-25 3:43]

weereens is ek bly dat ek hom nie in die nag hoef te sien nie ;)

I never knew they had little crab-claws.

Groetnis
Elize

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• cafecrem (9242)
• [2005-01-25 4:10]

What an interesting friendship ;-) What they are talking about? ;-)
Great photo and interesting note.

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• red45 (26121)
• [2005-01-25 4:13]

I think scorpio says 'my dear, winter is coming and we need new shoes for you. we will bankrupt!' :-)
Amazing scene Callie!

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• Janice (17110)
• [2005-01-25 4:28]

Two for the price on one, Callie. I agree with your comments - sometimes it is nature in the raw that you want to show - not the prettied up shots.
I still don't like scorpions tho! Good and interesting "showing". Thank you.

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• sandpiper2 (11163)
• [2005-01-25 4:59]

Hey I agree with with your comments about quality. This site is for sharing knowledge of natures wonder, its great if its pin sharp, but as you say, that's not always possible. And the note on this series more than make up for any lack of quality.
This shot is interesting TFS.

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• gerhardt (11529)
• [2005-01-25 5:50]

Not so strange after all... I have read somewhere that this species feeds on milipedes. It leaves me with one question: Is it sharing a bed or a plate with a centipede? :) I am so grateful for this series and never knew they sprayed their venom. Great shot and fabulous series on these strange bedfellows (I also heard in winter they get inside the beds and shoes for warmth) :)

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• netfalls (9262)
• [2005-01-25 9:49]

Very nice shot, good details and note.
Well done.
TFS.

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• Robbrown (6054)
• [2005-01-25 12:31]

Good capture Callie, and thats not a small milleped either. TFS
points long gone today just trying to catch up with whats been posted.

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• extramundi (12682)
• [2005-01-25 16:25]

You bring very unusual images to us, and nice note to complete them. You chose very well the focusing aim to get this two subjects into DOF. Again amazed how you can get this only with zoom and no macro. Very good work.

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• Nico (1313)
• [2005-01-26 3:43]

This is excellent Callie. Were they chatting?

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• Luc (14711)
• [2005-01-26 15:15]

I really appreciated this series on the scorpions, Callie, even if I did not comment on them individually. There is a great deal of excellent presentations on TN at present. I notice that even if the quantity of new members does not increase fast, the quality of photos and the notes improve largely.
I never met a scorpion yet. I think I better like them in photos like yours, very away from me.
Maybe I still fell in the trap to comment only the photos which inspire me...

Thanks for sharing and to remind me what is really important here.

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• japie (5187)
• [2005-01-26 16:14]

OK, now I have see it all! This is a very interesting shot with great quality. Very good exposure as well.

Very well done and thanks for posting!

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• touristdidi (2407)
• [2005-02-22 7:00]

The scorpion is wonderful! The other creature, I see in India.....

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• urban (413)
• [2005-04-17 15:13]

Not the creatures I would like to meet at night :-)

Interesting note.

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• zahoor_salmi (830)
• [2008-08-29 11:46]

Very good details, colours and composition.