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photosbyvito · Jul 11, 2004, 11:39 PM

wow! you guys have good taste! i love tennis and golf, and ping pong....lol..

and then of course photography....

i have a 45 handicap...something like that

i'm bad....well...i'm not that bad, but as i'm playing, i solve problems(with help from my friend and his dad) and come up with new ones...lol

but if i'm hitting solid, i'm not too bad....

lol

Vito

(thanks geoffs and norm.....it feels good to be appreciated)

zoomn · Jul 12, 2004, 9:22 AM

geoffs,

Nice catch!

The odds of being able to catch that beetle at this exact moment are so slim that you have hit the photo lottery.

I really like the scale of the size of the flower vs the size of the beetle and colors and motion apparent in the beetle. Very well done!

I am really thankful that people continue to post shots which they do not feel good technically about. They are some very entertaining shots.

Photos like (I think it was Normcar) the picture of the eastern Kingbird with the bee in its mouth. Love stuff like that and his shot of geoffs.

geoffs · Jul 12, 2004, 9:25 AM

Thanks, zoomn. This picture was a mistake, pure and simple. It is not good, but it is interesting for the reasons I originally stated.

thkn777 · Jul 12, 2004, 10:06 AM

Not good? Hm.

Am not completely sure but to my mind the focus is a bit away from the beetle towards the photographer - on the leaf of that flower - seems all sharp there. Maybe wind?

A slight breeze can cause this - so you even catched the weather in the shot

(just joking).

Just my 2 cents

geoffs · Jul 12, 2004, 10:45 AM

thkn777, the out of focusness of the shot was probably me as I forgot to use my IR remote for the camera. Even though it was on a tripod I had to touch the camera to release the shutter and probably introduced the shake which caused the out of focus.

toxomerus · Jul 16, 2004, 3:52 PM

By the by, it's a little hard to tell if this beetle is jumping into flight, but it is very probable;

many insects have jumping back legs in addition to flight capabilities:

grasshoppers, leafhoppers, katydids, etc.

It looks like a beetle - I don't know of any Coleoptera with jumping legs, but it is a very large group with thousands of species so I'm sure it is possible.

The interesting thing about beetles (as opposed to flies and others),

they have to open up those top wing covers first, and then unfurl their flight wings before they can get airborne.

geoffs · Jul 16, 2004, 4:29 PM

Hi there toxomerus! I think it might be jumping into its takeoff also, but such is not proven by this photo, only hinted at.

I have managed to id this beetle - it's a Flower Longhorn Beetle. I figured this out using the insect id guides at www.bugguide.net- it's an invaluable resource!

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Jul 11, 2004, 11:39 PM	#21
photosbyvito Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,710	wow! you guys have good taste! i love tennis and golf, and ping pong....lol.. and then of course photography.... i have a 45 handicap...something like that i'm bad....well...i'm not that bad, but as i'm playing, i solve problems(with help from my friend and his dad) and come up with new ones...lol but if i'm hitting solid, i'm not too bad.... lol Vito (thanks geoffs and norm.....it feels good to be appreciated)

Jul 12, 2004, 9:22 AM	#22
zoomn Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 750	geoffs, Nice catch! The odds of being able to catch that beetle at this exact moment are so slim that you have hit the photo lottery. I really like the scale of the size of the flower vs the size of the beetle and colors and motion apparent in the beetle. Very well done! I am really thankful that people continue to post shots which they do not feel good technically about. They are some very entertaining shots. Photos like (I think it was Normcar) the picture of the eastern Kingbird with the bee in its mouth. Love stuff like that and his shot of geoffs.

Jul 12, 2004, 9:25 AM	#23
geoffs Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,025	Thanks, zoomn. This picture was a mistake, pure and simple. It is not good, but it is interesting for the reasons I originally stated.

Jul 12, 2004, 10:06 AM	#24
thkn777 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 1,831	Not good? Hm. Am not completely sure but to my mind the focus is a bit away from the beetle towards the photographer - on the leaf of that flower - seems all sharp there. Maybe wind? A slight breeze can cause this - so you even catched the weather in the shot (just joking). Just my 2 cents

Jul 12, 2004, 10:45 AM	#25
geoffs Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,025	thkn777, the out of focusness of the shot was probably me as I forgot to use my IR remote for the camera. Even though it was on a tripod I had to touch the camera to release the shutter and probably introduced the shake which caused the out of focus.

Jul 16, 2004, 3:52 PM	#26
toxomerus Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9	By the by, it's a little hard to tell if this beetle is jumping into flight, but it is very probable; many insects have jumping back legs in addition to flight capabilities: grasshoppers, leafhoppers, katydids, etc. It looks like a beetle - I don't know of any Coleoptera with jumping legs, but it is a very large group with thousands of species so I'm sure it is possible. The interesting thing about beetles (as opposed to flies and others), they have to open up those top wing covers first, and then unfurl their flight wings before they can get airborne.

Jul 16, 2004, 4:29 PM	#27
geoffs Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,025	Hi there toxomerus! I think it might be jumping into its takeoff also, but such is not proven by this photo, only hinted at. I have managed to id this beetle - it's a Flower Longhorn Beetle. I figured this out using the insect id guides at www.bugguide.net- it's an invaluable resource!