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Rhagium mordax


Rhagium mordax
Photo Information
Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3386 W: 343 N: 9461] (30757)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-07
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 180 Macro Ex H, Digital RAW 400
Exposure: f/16, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-12 14:17
Viewed: 1811
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Today’s post is also from my fishing trip to Ĺland.
I found it on our veranda and I think it’s a Rhagium mordax
It’s a common insect but I think I never get a shot of it before.

It’s a nice bug with quite long antennae.

A well-marked and rather downy longhorn beetle. Widespread and fairly common in mature woodlands, especially oak. Adults seen May¬July. Sometimes seen foraging among flowers or foliage; sometimes in rotting wood and stumps alongside larvae.


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Sigma 180 Macro EX HSM,
ISO 400, Raw-format, manual-mode, Al-auto focus, Handheld camera.
Convert, Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, Smart Sharpen on the B/W channel in lab-colours. I used Adobe Photoshop CS2 for PP

Robespierre, samos, Kaszek, Dando, timonejoon, marhowie, christophe, Luc has marked this note useful
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Hi Gert,
Excellent macro shot.
Superb details and compositon.
Well done!
TFS Malgosia

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2006-05-12 15:03]

Hi Gert,
fantastic quality of photo. I like the details, contrast and colours. Well done photo.
Rgs, Aleksander

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  • dkaved Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 266 W: 18 N: 433] (2106)
  • [2006-05-12 15:09]

Hi Gert,
I've just recently been on a trip to mainland finland and I'm happy I didn't bump into one there!A well captured shot with lots of detail even on the stark snow it rests upon.I like how it is composed with the antennae clearly showing the DOF.Well done.
Regards, David

Hi Gert,
This insect looks very impressive!
Good POV and composition. Sharpness OK. Colours, bright and natural. Good detailed picture. Well done.
Regards, Ruud

hello Gert,
This photo is amazing as its details, they´re excellent (like your lens). very good composition, exposure, colours...all.
Thanks for sharing!
Hernán

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  • samos Gold Star Critiquer [C: 81 W: 4 N: 2] (39)
  • [2006-05-12 17:20]

Hello Gert very beautiful photo wonterful macro good work thanks haev a nice weekand regards Stavros

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2006-05-12 17:29]

Hi Gert,
The maximum in sharpness, details, color and focus precision!
Composition is fine! Clear and useful notes.
TFS. José M.

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  • Kaszek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 246 W: 58 N: 390] (1451)
  • [2006-05-12 17:53]

Hello Gert!
Outstanding quality! Very good POV, colours and sharpness. Very interesting 'model' :)
TFS!

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  • loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5366 W: 591 N: 3600] (9885)
  • [2006-05-12 20:58]
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Hi Gert
What an amazing capture of this little fella. It seems by no measure to be beautiful enough to win a pageant title yet it is lovely in a way only nature can present its beauty.
The details are stunning and the composition/POV is great.
Very well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 637 W: 32 N: 792] (3084)
  • [2006-05-13 3:27]

Hi Gert, excellent macro. Good details, colours and exposure and well composed within the frame. Never seen one of these before so TFS.
Dean.

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2006-05-13 4:10]

Hi Gert,

This is a very nice macro-shot, with an interesting POV and composition. Very well executed. TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

Hi Gert

Yeee, the sigma lens in nice but your work is nice not just becuase of lens...very nice shot with great details and perfect DOF.Intresting.
Well done

Thanks 4 Sharing
Regards
timone

Hello Gert,
Excellent work mf.
Very good sharpness, color, detail, exposure, DOF, and POV. It stands out well from this surface it is on also..
Very well done.

Hi Gert
Sharpness, deatil DOF are excellent
Regards
Christophe

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2006-05-13 12:11]

Great macro Gert, so sharp and full of details, good light too. Very nice capture. Thanks.

Mario

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  • TPAKT Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 114 W: 23 N: 19] (87)
  • [2006-05-18 9:06]

Privet Gert.
He is my beetle - has escaped from ants to Finland :-)))
The good and qualitatively executed work.

hi gert
parfait,les details et la netteté sont impeccable.
c'est vraiment une excellente macro.
laurent

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1056 W: 289 N: 3918] (13218)
  • [2006-06-18 12:07]

Hallo Gert,
wonderful detail view of this beetle. Light and shadows very well managed (with the sun just above the horizon?).
Peter

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