[Leica] Big, beautiful beetle

[Don Dory]

Lovely model you have there,  and worked for crumbs.

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 12:10 AM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> We took another day excursion to Deception Pass, this time to the north
> side of channel. After a hike, we sat on a log on the beach. I noticed
> this rather impressive beetle crawling toward me. After I gently
> discouraged him from crawling on my trousers, we had a photo session.
> Like a temperamental model, he hissed and squealed at me a couple of
> times. But he needn't have worried. After I finished, he crawled away
> unharmed. Later I looked him up. He's a Banded Alder Borer. Though I'd
> never seen one before, they are fairly common in the Pacific coastal
> region.
>
> Here he is posing on wood:
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50307063126/in/dateposted-public/
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>
> And here's a portrait. Impressive chompers and antennae.
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50307216042/in/dateposted-public/
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>
> And here he is, with my U.S. size 13 sneaker (EU size 47, UK 12)
> included for scale. The body alone is about 1.25" long.  The antennae
> are longer than the body, so he's a male.
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50307063161/in/dateposted-public/
> >
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> Olympus E-M5 with Panasonic/Leica 25/1.4 and Olympus 45/1.8. And a lot
> of cropping, as neither of these are really macro lenses.  Click on
> photo to enlarge, press F11 for full screen.  Enjoy!
>
> --Peter
>
>
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