At least this time our visitor came well defended and was none the worse for a few minutes of molestation. He / she was so shiny - I kept looking at the images close up to spot my reflection. I'm sure it must be there somewhere. (BTW this is worth clicking for a closer look - it's beautiful).
Anyway, having put up with the cat, and put up with being photographed, said rhino was set free and ambled off in no particular hurry.
An entirely different matter - I went outside the other night and pleasant surprise, there was a near full eclipse of the moon. My camera would be no use, but I tried using my wife's Cannon S5IS on full zoom, hand held, to see what I could get. It produced the following. OK, not great, but stunning given a hand-held exposure at night. That image stabilisation really does work.
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wow, great pic of the moon (and the beetle!). I, as ever, heard about the eclipse the next day. One day I'll get it right!
Or one night?? (Tease).
Now I'm not that afraid of creepy crawlys but I'm not sure I'd have picked that one up! We have Christmas beetles here . .well at Christmas, they're not quite as big but coloured like brown/green shot silk and they have hairy sticky feet . .a bit disconcerting when they get caught in your hair! Well done with the eclipse by the way, it's not easy photographing at night, I'm still struggling to get shots of possums without simply capturing two red eyes!
That's some beastie!
baino - aw, no, he or she was lovely! I remember something we used to call Christmas beetles from South Africa. They would sing away, quite deafening, but you kind of habituated. Do you have a tripod? I find that flash is often disappointing, but a couple of seconds exposure will often do, even in poor light. But does need support.
dumdad - absolutely. Wouldn't want to meet one if it was four feet tall. I assume they are vegetarian, but who knows?
Wicked cat! :-) And great shot of the rhino. I have a rhino shot on my blog too today, only it's somewhat larger...
:-)
hi av - off to have a look!
hand held you say! quite good shot of the moon!
those beetles are fierce looking critters...
John - I think you are mistaken about the eclipse of the moon. I suspect you were looking over towards Moncani just as our neighbour Madame Biard was bending over to take off her boots at bedtime. That looks suspiciously like a silhouette of her commodious derriere outlined against the moon ....?
bob
mouse - must be at the limit of what an image stabilisation system can achieve; the exposure must have been a second or so? But I was holding my breath and trying not to move ...
bob - you clearly have too much time on your hands. Why aren't those Essex layabouts working you harder?? Though perhaps Madame was mooning for all I know.
Fantastic pictures. Makes me want to whip out m'camera. The beetle made me feel sick though, despite its undeniable beauty.
He/she looks like he/she's been dipped in varnish. Incredible. I've never seen one like that.
Great eclipse photo!
karen - I refuse to believe you would feel sick if you held the wee creature. Its beauty would be transcendent I think.
lane, thanks, quite tempted to publish a couple of other photos of the beast, because it was even more shiny in those, really.
Love the beetle! I seem to remember there being loads of stag beetles when I was a child. Not so many now though....
mud - very sad that they might be on the decline. Could be true, so much shit in the environment now. But they will probably still be here when we are done and dusted.
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