From Beneath It Devours by raven_nightmares
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Canon 10D + Sigma 105mm EX Macro
ISO 200 f9.5 1/200
To compliment -seek- and his photo living tank here is another stag beetle.
I took the shot wanting to create a b-movie look - ants that ate paris kind of thing. I love these creatures, and wanted to give them the drama they deserve.
The title comes, I am afraid to admit, from an obsession with all things Buffy. The line is from the final series, and seemed to fit. The irony, of course, is than many scientists believe that these creatures as adults don't eat at all.
Thanks for viewing...I've missed posting and commenting and look forward to getting back into doing both VERY soon.
Comments (29)
ilutegija
first of all: GLAD to see you back! buffy-obsession, heheee.... fabulous dramatic creature youve captured! welcome back, welcome back Creator:)
geneb19
well it's about time you got back here!! i thought maybe i had body odor or something...lol great to see your images again my friend!! superb! VOTE (how did exams go???)
raven_nightmares
Inga - thanks so much...it's lovely to be back :)
Gene - passes the old spice underarm... I wasn't wanting to say...but... (exams were...ok. The War Lit exam was fun...nice questions...what I expected...but at 4 hours it nearly killed me. The others were shorter, but the questions were not so fun. It's a good thing I'm not desperate for excellent marks or I'd be upset. I'm just concentrating on them being 'over')
Ikarius
Nice to see ya back! Very nice macro shot! But I don't understand the connection between f9.5 with the DOF. Shouldn't there be less blur in the background with this setting? I get such DOF with settings of f3.0 . Very impressive picture, clever used b&w. Uh so small but so dangerous. Never underestimate the power of the macro world!
addiek
Welcome back... It is absolutely horrid!!! yaaagh! Reminds me of when we lived in the country & had frogs coming up the pipes into the toilet bowl! An ideal horror this groping macro terrorist!
raven_nightmares
Ikarius - Although I'm no expert, I think you'll find that the difference is the distance between the bug and my lens. This shot hasn't been cropped at all...there was maybe an inch between the bug and my lens, and so the f9.5 is still quite shallow (especially concidering that this beatle is around 8cm long). I took some f4 shots, wanting to issolate the 'antlers' from the body...now THEY are shallow ;)
addiek - thanks...but really...he's not THAT bad. The antlers of the males are actually less powerful than the tiny female ones. The only really scary thing about them is their lack of coordination in flight - when we used to have lots, you'd think for a minute it was hailing...only to find lots of heavy bugs bouncing off the windows ;)
kiresiwel
Great shot...I think you achieved that B movie look. It would work great for a movie titled the radioactive attack beetle from plant 6
snottling1
As everybody already said,it's nice to see you back!...with an amazing shot..love the style and B/W!
Tedz
Arrrrgh.....looks gruesome. Well seen.
signsofdeath
NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK. Love this shot, looks really good in B&W. Excellent my friend
PapaGuru
Massive and frightening jaws. And ... good to see you back :)
Enmos
Cool shot love the bw !! Excellent work !!
Kementari
While I'm not too big on bugs, this shot is superb! Welcome back!
LadyAya
woww, you are gonna give a heart attack !!! this is A WONDERFUL CAPTURE, I HATE BUGSSSS!!!! EXCELENT!!!!!!
sheilakalajdzic
Hi & welcome back from the nightmare of exam week!! Speaking nightmare, what are you talkin' about, beetle??? I thought it was a huge crab or something!!! My gosh that thing's a monster!!! Fantastically super scary image!!!! Great work!
-seek-
ah! very nice shot.
jimry
amazing shot. Couldnt get better...:)
WandM
Love the focus in this wonderful capture.
Akinom
Glad you're back and got those exams done, I'm sure all went well :o) Look at those jaws... scary! The B/W adds a dramatic feel to it! Gorgeous job, Stephen!
Kazzy
Excellent shot- interesting bug *Prefers Buffing to Buffy:P
environaut
Fantastic shot!! That's one nasty looking beetle!
elscar
Superb shot! What a gorgeous creature this is! :))
jcv2
Great you're back, exams behind you! Time for other things, like RR! Tank beetle would be an appropriate name.... Great shot!
bogomil
It's nice to see you back, Stephen :). Hope your exam sessions were not too hard... ;) This a great shot, taken in an emotional way, as always. A very mysterious mood... Black and white was the good choice.
fruitbat
yay - you're back! :) congrats on getting thru your exams. i love the perspective of this foto, and i love this insect. when i was living in england, i discovered that magpies love to eat these guys, but not their heads (can't imagine why!)...which was why our back garden was full of stag-beetle-heads...lol...i collected them for awhile... and mailed a bagfull to a my best friend in the states... heh...
logiloglu
excellent macro. !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!
Carly
Hey buddy. Nice to see you back. You've definitely made a grand entrance with this one! I don't get squeamish easily, or generally at all, but insects just freak me right out! Great shot, nonetheless. Very B-movie-esque. My favourite movie when I was younger was "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". Great flick. you should check it out!
Niutek
Brrr! Brrr... Photography & horrors, indeed! A horror shot! But an excellent one :D
FearaJinx
Nice! I like the B-movie feel! And I love Buffy so the title caught my attention I knew it looked formiliar. Wonderful work! Alfred Hitchcock had used a lot of POV in his movies as well. You should check him out too, along with killer tomatoes. lol