...and a male rhinoceros beetle

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edited January 13, 2007 in Holy Macro
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,237 moderator
    edited January 11, 2007
    O. M. G. :yikes


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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,237 moderator
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    Did you keep the female prisoner for him?
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  • ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
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    Ouch!! eek7.gif About how large are these things again? Very fierce looking! Wow!

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
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    Compo wise, I reckon the third shots works the best, Gus. Very cool beasties, thanks for grabbing one.
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 11, 2007
    122462699-Th.jpg

    He was probably unhappy with the curry comment I made. lol3.gif

    You shoot these with a macro lens? Didn't even know you had one!
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
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    eek7.gif How are you Gus

    cool macros eek7.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
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    gus wrote:
    Well this morning i found hundreds of males & almost no females about. I scout about the roads etc making sure they dont get squashed by cars/trucks.
    You can see the little mites on him here back near his neck.
    Sharp feet
    You pick up a rhinoceros beetle then be well prepared for him to be about for at least 20 mins or so because that is how long they will take to get off. They are the single most stubborn..pig headed insect alive & simply will not move unless under their own will.
    He just dug into me deeper the more i tried to move him onto a tree.

    Wow Gus, check out the dints in the second guys head eek7.gif
    looks like he's been in a few battles, least he survived.

    The Rhinos are not so big down this way Gus, only ever had two, but one was dead and the other was only small.

    Got yourself some good shots there thumb.gif

    That looks a tad painful the claws in your arm, he's lucky you didn't take a stick to him :thwak .... thanks for sharing..... Skippy

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  • CharlaCharla Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
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    Gus - You guys sure have giant creepy crawlies in your neck of the woods. Nothing quite so big around where I live. That thing is probably about the same size as a little dog that I used to have though! :D

    Those are very cool shots, glad to see that you're a rescuer and not a squasher. clap.gif
  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
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    gus wrote:
    I really have to use this lens more but it aint finding stuff to shoot but sorting the light out thats a pain in the arse.

    Gus, I have had good luck with a large, diffuse light (ie your plastic jug). I put the light very near the end of the lens and angle it from above and to the side. Brian V. (Lord V) has some shots of his setup on his flickr site. Mine is very similar. The trick is to get lighting that is directional, but is also diffuse enough to give some wrap around lighting that fills in the shadows. Hope this helps.
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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
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    Brave man Gus! That looks really painful!

    Very neat shots, the rhino beetle we get here only has one horn. I've got a pic of one on slide, but wouldn't know where to begin looking for it.
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
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    Wonderful series-what a magnificent beetle :)
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
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    very neat shots, gus-

    fascinatin' insect-
  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
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    :eek1 Yuck!!!!!!!!!! Nice shot, but still YUCK!
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