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Brick-red Long-horn Beetle


Brick-red Long-horn Beetle
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Copyright: Ulla Kruys (uleko) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2992 W: 162 N: 950] (2789)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-23
Categories: Insects
Camera: canon PowerShot G9
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/50 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-10 23:54
Viewed: 275
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Stictoleptura rubra

This long-horn beetle is widespread in southern Sweden where the larvae live in old dead wood and tree stumps in coniferous forests. The female is about 20 mm in length and has a warm brick-red colour while the male is shorter and has a soft yellow/brown colour. The larvae take several years to develop and when the adults appear in July-August, the female is often seen on old wood where she’s looking for a place to deposit her eggs. She seldom visits flowers.

It is a beetle found in southern parts of Scandinavia and in central and southen Europe across to Siberia. It has been introduced to North America.

Sw. name - Gulröd Blombock

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Hi Ulla,

Great macro capture of the red-orange colored bug with superb details!
The rocky structure gives great contrast to the bug and thereby enhances the clarity of the subject immesely. The sharpness and POV are perfect.

Well done!

kind regards,
Paras

Hi Ulla,

An another expertly taken macro capture of a lonhorn beetle -which i see firstly like previous one. The tissue of the bark with tiny lichens is creating a fine BG here.
TFS and have a nice Sunday MF!
Cheers,

Bayram

good morning Ulla
another beautiful Long-horn Beetle and its great close-up. colors, exposure and focus great. nicely composed. thanks for sharing. have a wonderful day
Ahmet

Ulla
Wonderful bug, lovely colors and details.
Horia

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 758] (4689)
  • [2009-10-11 1:03]

Hello Ulla,
With so small aperture your beetle is enough sharp. It look on grey BG very well especially its horns.
Regards, Pawel

Hello Ulla! Wonderful macro, perfect sharpness, very good background, ideal contrast. Nice natural colours. Well done!

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2388 W: 94 N: 5521] (17576)
  • [2009-10-11 1:08]

Hello Ulla,
Very nice photo of this beetle in beautiful natural colours and a good contrast against the BG. Excellent sharp details and a fine composition.
Regards,
Peter

Hola Ulla,
todo bien? veo que siempre preparada para captar las bellezas de tu alrededor. Un bonito ejemplar y unos buenos colores. Quizá esa f3,5 se quedó algo justa pero por lo demás un buen documento.
Un abrazo: Josep Ignasi.

Hi Ulla,
Thank you for introducing this fine cerambycid beetle to me from a revealing dorsal POV over a contrasty pine bark, alltogether a nice, vertical composition. A real pleasure seeing something from you again!
Cheers,
Mehmet

Ulla
Wonderful bug!
Sharp details, lovely colors.
Mariana

Hello Ulla,

This a beautiful macro with lovely coloration, sharpness & details. Very nice POV, pose & BG.

Well done & TFS.

best wishes

Umar

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 598 W: 0 N: 523] (3096)
  • [2009-10-11 5:40]

Hi Ulla,

En annan trevlig fångst av färger och spela upp dem. Mina gratulationer och vänta och andra bilder från dig.
En trevlig söndag,
Adrian

Ciao Ulla, beautiful beetle with fantastic details, superb sharpness and wonderful colors, very well done, have a good Sunday, ciao Silvio

hello Ulla

excellent macro photo of this insect shot with fine POV
and appropriate framing, fine focus on it with excellent
sharpness and details, TFS

Asbed

Hello Ulla,
a very beutiful macro shot of a long-horn beetle, good sharpness and splendid natural colours with a very good contrast against this bark, well composed.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

This beetle is posing beautifully for you, Ulla!
The frame, DOF and your POV are superb!
Bravo!
goldy

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1057 W: 0 N: 162] (868)
  • [2009-10-11 10:22]

Hello Ulla, another great macro of a longhorn beetle with educative useful notes.
TFS & R's,
Mehmet

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2908 W: 34 N: 8625] (32146)
  • [2009-10-11 10:40]

Hi Ulla. This is a first class close up of the Red coloured long horn beetle. From your POV we can see all of the body and legs so well. Shows up well on the tree tunk with the lichen. TFS.
Nick..

Have a good week ahead,

hello Ulla
great picture great details and good composition
beautiul colours
greeting lou
a have post on TN his brother

Hello Ulla
an excellent capture of this long-horn beetle, his orange color contrasted very well against the grey BG, great focus on his head and beautiful luminosity
Have a good night
Jacqueline

Hi Ulla,
Excellent cap ture of this beautiful insect, good document.
Ferran.

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2009-10-12 0:40]

Hi Ulla,
Wonderful shot of this cute looking long-horn beetle. The BG is superb and shows the habitat well. Great light and DOF and I like this composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • KOMSIS Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 238 W: 0 N: 588] (2001)
  • [2009-10-12 11:11]

Hi Ulla,
Very good macro photo ...
Fine details and splendid sharpness, perfect focus and beautiful colors.
Best wishes,
Seyfi

Hi Ulla.

Very nice dorsal pov of this long-horn beetle.. Amazing details and contrasting well against the dull background. Superb shallow DoF and very good choice of tall frame.

Best regards,
Jusni

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2575] (9083)
  • [2009-10-15 6:34]

Hi Ulla,
another lovely species in excellent details. The red stands out beautifully against the grey earth.
nice sharpness with long feelers seen.

Regards,

Foozi

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  • jmirah Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 506 W: 5 N: 1135] (4665)
  • [2009-10-16 19:49]

Hi Ulla
Beautifully detailed capture...Excellent color...TFS
Jim

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3585 W: 143 N: 5669] (18533)
  • [2009-10-18 1:23]

Hi Ulla.
First-class close-up of a fine specimen of the beetle. Exactness of reproduction of all its features as well as of the ground is ultimate. 3D-effect is also great. Superb introduction into the microcosm. Thanks a lot and nice WE.
Alexei.

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  • mlines Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 539 W: 24 N: 596] (2870)
  • [2009-10-23 13:21]

Hi Ulla, Very fine macro, with good sharpness and colours. Well cropped and with a good natural background. TFS. Murray

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