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Longhorn Beetle


Longhorn Beetle
Photo Information
Copyright: Peter Roos (batu) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 282 N: 3225] (10662)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-20
Categories: Insects
Camera: Olympus E1, Zuiko Digital 35mm f/3.5-22, Macro
Exposure: f/11, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-16 3:22
Viewed: 547
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the longhorn beetle
- Pachyta quadrimaculata
- family: Cerambycidae


Species Information:
The species occurs in Europe and Asia, eastwards to the Amur-region. The distribution pattern is boreo-alpine. It is not rare in the European mountain regions.
Larvae develop in coniferous trees.

Body length: between 11 to 20 mm.

Location: North Italian Alps, Val d'Ultimo, Kornigl-Mountain, about 2000m

Conditions:
- natural light
- ISO 200
- handheld
- uncropped


REFERENCES
* Harde K.W. & Severa F. (1981) Der Kosmos-Käferführer. Franckhsche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart.
* Zahradnik J. (1985) Käfer Mittel- und Nordwesteuropas. Paul Parey, Hamburg, Berlin.

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Hello Peter,

Very nice compostion. Good light. Great sharpness and very nice colours. Excellent shot once again.
Cheers,
Mariki

Hi Peter,
A nice capture of this long horn beetle in its natural environment. Superb details and a very good composition. Good informative notes there to. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hello Peter,

This is perfect shot of this beautiful cerambycid beetle with excelent details, DOV, POV, lighting and framing! Great! Well done!
TFS.
Cheers,

Bayram

Hi,
Its been a long time since i visited TN and its so refreshing to see such good pictures like this one. The diagonal composition, colors and the sharpness make this a very pleasant picture to watch
Kudos and cheers,
Goutham R

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1998 W: 6 N: 1948] (13031)
  • [2008-02-16 4:33]

Hola Peter,
excelente trabajo,
macro y color, buen pov...
saludos

A perfect looking cerambycid specimen Peter, excellent POV and DOF my friend, the OOF daisy in the background emphasized the huge antennae nicely. TFS.
Mehmet

Hello Peter,
Very nice macro picture. Sharp focus with great color clarity. Perfect dof and pov. Very well done and tfs.
JC

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2369 W: 164 N: 7114] (22494)
  • [2008-02-16 7:33]

Hello Peter,
Exellent macro of this beautiful Longhorn Beetle. Very fine sharp details and true colours that stand out very well against the daisies in the background. A really fine composition too.
TFS and have a nice weekend! Ulla

Hello Peter Roos ,
very dramatic shot, Your poetry about this small creature is wonderfull. Very sharp with lot of depth.Bravo
Over all asuperb shot.Regards.
Nadeem Khawar....

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1015 W: 5 N: 2758] (10010)
  • [2008-02-16 8:03]

Hola Peter.
Los tonos de diferentes colores de este insecto son verdaderamente bellos. La flor en blanco y amarillo donde se pose le dan valor agregado a Tu presentacion.
Saludos
Luis52.

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1675 W: 24 N: 4870] (15888)
  • [2008-02-16 8:41]

Hi Peter,
Wonderful close-up shot with amzing clarity and colours. They really do have have an interesting and loooong antennae. Great light and exposure control and I like the DOF and the OOF BG. Very nice diagonal composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 924 W: 5 N: 2240] (8248)
  • [2008-02-16 23:38]

Excellent macro Peter.
Lovely detail and colours,nice composition.
Nice work,very well done.

Ciao Peter,
questo Cerambicide č particolarmente fotogenico e anche io non manco mai di fotografarlo ogni volta che lo incontro.
La tua immagine mi piace molto, per la luce naturale, per l'inquadratura e per la perfetta messa a fuoco su pronoto ed elitre.
Buona Domenica,
Marcello

QUE BELLEZA Y QUE ELEGANCIA Peter. La combinación de colores y sobre todo de las formas es encantadora. Enfoque magnífico y gran profundidad. Acertado encuadre con poco ángulo para acentuar las texturas y detalles.
Enhorabuena por esta magnífica captura !!

Josep Ignasi Tejedor

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 839 W: 4 N: 2079] (9752)
  • [2008-02-17 5:07]

Peter, Superb angle and lovely view. The clarity is amazing and the color. Ganesh

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  • rdfoto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 0 N: 747] (3202)
  • [2008-02-17 10:24]

Bonjour Peter
Trčs belle prise, couleurs et netteté sont excellentes, trčs belle présentation, beau sujet.
Félicitations, amicalement Robi

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  • clnaef Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 752 W: 58 N: 615] (6297)
  • [2008-02-17 10:39]

Bonjour,
Charmant insecte qui ressort bien sur un fond fait pour lui.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1104 W: 59 N: 2243] (7437)
  • [2008-02-17 12:27]

Hello Peter,
Excellent photo of this Beetle in wonderful contrasting colours. Great details and diagonal composition. DOF and POV are very good.
Regards,
Peter

Hello Peter,

You have been providing consistent quality images of insects in your gallery and very pleasant to look at.

This composition of the beetle and flower is excellent with well managed light and depth. The focus is pristine demonstrating superb sharpness on the subject. The perch against the contrasting flower exposing the whole back is useful and cropping is just perfect for this post.

Well done and best regards,
Jusni

Hallo Peter,
natürlich, Du findest diese tollen Viecher, weil Du dauernd danach suchst :-) Den grossen Vierfleck habe ich noch nien gesehen. Du hast ihn wunderbar abgelichtet, sanftes Licht, interessante Blüte, gute Komposition. Einfach schön!
Herzlich grüsst
Dietrich

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2043 W: 212 N: 3651] (12150)
  • [2008-02-19 3:11]

Hi Peter

Another very good macro shot from you!
I like to see such a great full-frame shot, one in which the composition was very well though of even before taking it. The result is a nice use of the diagonal line to include the entire length of this beetle's body and big antennae.
The DOF choice is excellent and keeps all the important elements in very good focus.
Nice use of the natural light, too as well as the usual informative note which always comes in handy :)

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2991 W: 148 N: 4435] (14369)
  • [2008-02-22 9:55]

Hi Peter.
Terrific close-up picture in every aspect. Some main from them are subject (I like the main objects – amazing beetle n the wonderful flower and remoter blurred a bit flower too), stunning reproduction of all colour tones and especially white colour tone, great DOF and perfect sharpness of the insect and petals, nice soft lighting. Excellent refined work. Bravo.
Alexei.

Hola Peter,
Preciosa toma de este bonito escarabajo, extraordinaria la nitidez y textura conseguida, muy agradable la luz y fondo conseguidos. Saludos
José Ramón

Hello Peter,
wonderfull macro-shot, realy sharp colours, perfect focus with ideal deeph of field, very nice composition,
cheer,
friendly,
Pat

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 880 W: 23 N: 926] (4989)
  • [2008-07-28 5:09]

Bonjour Peter, this composition is over all! we can compare the antenna and the shape of flower . I like a lot! Very nice capture of the natural surroundings. Best regards, Didier.

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