Greetings from the Critique Club! First off, Roger, congrats on the HM, this is a very good macro. The beetle's antennae make a great way to lead the eye into the pic and to that funny little face it has. The ambient lighting is perfect and the comp dead simple but very effective. Even the colours work perfectly with the green of the leaf being complementary to the orange eye area. Great find, and well deserving of the high score *and HM in a FS no less. Keep up the great work, and look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.
Susan
Hi Susan,
Great to hear from you again. Thank you and I am really happy managing to rech 4th(HM). My best so far and Really very happy. I am particular of it's antennae as they are very long, I position myself lower then the normal eye level shot. This allow me to express it very long antennae and very detailed face which basically where I want them to see the compound eyes. I feel the leaf is beeded to show the base of where it is resting on, I am pretty fortunate too as this is a rather big beetle thus I was able to capture the details of it's compound eyes clearly. Thank you once again for your comments and valuable pointers. They have prove very useful, thank you Susan.
Greetings from the Critique Club! First off, Roger, congrats on the HM, this is a very good macro. The beetle's antennae make a great way to lead the eye into the pic and to that funny little face it has. The ambient lighting is perfect and the comp dead simple but very effective. Even the colours work perfectly with the green of the leaf being complementary to the orange eye area. Great find, and well deserving of the high score *and HM in a FS no less. Keep up the great work, and look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.
Amazing image! Fabulously sharp where it should be. I certainly wouldn't want to meet this creature on a dark night (or even by day ;-)
Many congrats on your HM, Roger.
Hi IreneM, Please do not be alarm, this is just a beetle and it is just almost 2 inches in length, they have very beautiful compound eyes and they are tree dweller. We commonly find them resting on leafs and at time on small branches. Thank you very much for your kind feedback.
Amazing image! Fabulously sharp where it should be. I certainly wouldn't want to meet this creature on a dark night (or even by day ;-)
Many congrats on your HM, Roger.
WOW! Give me the name of his planet so I can put it on my list of places to avoid. ;-) Stunning macro. Mesmerizing. Congratulations on 4th.
Thanks Art Roflmao, This is a Long horned beetle commonly found in asian forest. Their main feature are their compound eyes typically covers their entire face. So glad that you like this photo too. Thank you for your kind comment, very much appreciated. .
Hi MeMex2,
Yes what a face indeed, their face are mainly make up of their compound eyes. Their long foller give them the name Long Horned beetle. Always a joy to shot then I'd they keep still enough. Thank you very much for your comments and your support is much appreciated. .
great capture and composition of a warrior - better not meet in person
Hi Mariuca, very thankful for your comment, I was contemplating should Icrop nearer due to the long horn as it stretch them out. I decided it better to keep them in the end to take the original composition. Really appreciate toy support and feedback.
Thank you very much Mary O, yes must agree it look like lips too me too. I am just as amazed by how tier eyes look like. Hope there will be more interesting insect in the future.
Thank you BVY, I am so glad that I finally finding more photographers that do love macro too. Glad that you like how this Long horned beetle is shot. Many thanks.
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