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  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Thanks very much @SalixGold
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    SalixGold said:
    Astonishing photos @Sheps

    Like .... WOW!  :o

    If I got out my macro lens, tripod & cable-release and took shots like that, they'd end up losing their sharpness when posted on here. @Sheps you've obviously worked out what the magic dimensions are :|
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful

  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    @clematisdorset well rescued. ❤
    @Athelas what a beautiful moth!
    @Sheps I'm glad it's not just me who takes fly photos - yours are fantastic!
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Thanks @LunarSea and @Slow-worm

    They have lost some sharpness over the original images due to this site's compression, which seems to happen to all my images for some reason.

    The original images had that crazy, weird patterning you get on compound eyes, but being knocked down to 720px has lost it in the compression.

    Would be great if the forum would display the full size image then no details would be lost.

    Never mind eh...
  • CatDouchCatDouch Posts: 488
    Wow @Sheps they really are amazing photos, the detail is incredible 🤩
    South Devon 
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Thank you @CatDouch 👍
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    A Bee Beetle?
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Sheps said:
    A Bee Beetle?
    A Bee-Eating Beetle (Trichodes apiarius) https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/trichodes-spp



    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    Thanks for the link @wild edges.

    Luxembourg
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