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Hoplia caerulae


Hoplia caerulae
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Copyright: Geraldine Le Duc (limule) (27)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-08
Categories: Insects
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-06-09 15:17
Viewed: 746
Points: 3
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When I was a kid, I was very interested by all insects.One day, I just found some beautiful Hoplia coerulae, a lot of them, all together, each insect being attached to a green grass stick, like a blue flower. It was in Landes, close to the Ocean in France. That was abeautiful scenery; I was 13 years old and I still remember it. Then, I never saw this insect any more...but it came back into my life, last year... Hoplia caerulae belongs to the family of Scarabaeidae, as well as cetonia aurata, and some others, like goliath in Africa also. I do not know if the picture is well done, but just the beauty of the insect is a good pretext to post it.

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I think the picture is well done enough, the focus looks good and the bg looks adequate too. The position of the insect is interesting too, with its two legs up, but one could regret the head partly hidden by the flowers. I think that a closer crop and a slightly upper POV would have given a great shot. It's true that insects of this family are beautiful but they seem to be, or become, rare. You mention Cetonia aurata in your comment, since 3 years i'm into insect photo i 've seen them only twice in open nature.

Hi Geraldine,
I am very impressed by this photo. Excellent scene and great sharp. I do not see a problem in composition if to improve a bit the balance between left (green) and right (light) parts of the shot by the cropping.
Unfortunately, I do not know yet, how to upload my own copy, but it seems to me, it is not so bad.

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