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Come & dance with me


Come & dance with me
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Copyright: Dietrich Meyer (meyerd) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 519 W: 68 N: 1693] (5360)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-03
Categories: Insects
Camera: Konika Minolta Dynax 7D, Minolta AF 100 Macro & Kenko tube
Exposure: f/16, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-04 10:01
Viewed: 445
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Lesser known backyard dancers:

The invitation to dance comes today from this 7 mm long Golden vine weevil (Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Otiorhynchus singularis; Brauner Lappenrüssler). The beetles can't fly, are polyphagous, eat on leaves aboveground. Their distribution is restricted to mountains and the foothills, they are lacking in Northern Europe and UK.

ID: I hope to have hit it right, but the genus Otiorhynchus has about 1'000 species! Tell me if you have suggestions. It reminds me of the answer that J.B.S. Haldane (a famous evolutionary biologist, 1892-1964) gave to a lady when she asked for the reason that there were so many coleopteran species. He said: "Ma'am, God had an inordinate fondness for beetles".
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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 920] (3543)
  • [2009-03-04 10:16]

Hello Dietrich,

Your macro with this insect is very fine. You have chosen a good dof so that head and torax of the insect are sharply shown. It is very good the way you have rendered the texture and colors of the insect. Also interesting is the way insect's colors blends with the colors of the treebark.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2009-03-04 11:33]
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Hello Dietrich!

This time I'm not sure if this bug is lesser known :-) I know it quite well. Good capture of this dancer, with very detailed eye and leg. Is it dancing polka?

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  • Heaven Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 810 W: 108 N: 1735] (6054)
  • [2009-03-04 12:47]

Hallo Dieter!

Das darfst Du mir nicht antun! Da bin ich eh schon ein schlechter Tänzer, was glaubst Du, wie ich dann noch mit so vielen Beinen und Armen zurecht kommen soll!

:-)

Ein origineller Titel und Begleittext, ein tolles Bild und dazu noch ein Ausflug in die Artenvielfalt mit der Problematik der Bestimmung: ein gelungener Beitrag!

As liebs Grüessli

Markus

excellent capture Dietrich, very impressive details of this beetle ...
curious that the title is similar to what I posted today

best sERGIO

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1135 W: 32 N: 1150] (3542)
  • [2009-03-04 13:23]

Hi Dietrich,
Excellent close up.Details and sharpness on head,use of DOF,cross framing and exposure are wonderful.Very well done!
Thanks for posting.

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2009-03-04 14:02]

Hello Dietrich !
Dance with him ? I think if he was tall enough to dance I would run away screaming if he came close to me ! :-) But the picture is really impressive. Excellent sharpness and details, we can even see the facets on the eyes, but I also like the colors, the composition, the POV. He looks so "real" I gthat he could jump out of my monitor ! :-) Very well done !
Valérie.

Bonjour Dietrich
très belle photo de ce petit insecte, bon focus sur sa tête nous montrant beaucoup de details, de très belle couleurs naturelles
j'aime le point de vue frontal
Passe une bonne nuit
Jacqueline

Hi Dietrich! Good Morning!
A superb macro capture of this curculionid taken from nice POV with great details and wonderful composition.
TFS and cheers,
Bayram

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1723 W: 0 N: 3903] (15686)
  • [2009-03-05 5:02]

Lieber Dieter,
Was für eine Einladung..Tanz mit Lappenrüssler:-)!
Es scheint Rüsslertag gewesen zu sein, Cousins und Cousinen aus aller Welt haben sich auf TN getroffen.
Du hast nicht gerade den leichtesten Winkel gewählt, um uns diese Kreatur zu zeigen.
Farblich sehr feines Bild mit diesen goldbraunen Tönen.
Hab herzlichen Dank
Bis bald
Anne

Hello Dietrich,

A fine photo, with rich detail and excellent sharpness. An interesting note too.

Thanks,
John

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