Stag in the grass

[Dave_S]

Was in the garden this afternoon, and spoted this female Stag Beetle on the lawn.

Grabbed the camera, no time to put the 105mm Macro lens on, just used the Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 EX DG, which was aready attached.

I have zoomed in and cropped out the outer areas of the picture, to show the beetle at a reasonable size.

Living in rural location, its not unusual to see Stag Beetles flying around at dusk, but they aren't often seen during the day.

The image has been reduced to 800x600 and resaved 'for web'

Hi res image on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8019286...in/photostream

EOS 7D - Sigma 18-50 f/2.4 EX at f/5.6 and 50mm - 1/125th at ISO 200

Dave

[Stan]

Re: Stag in the grass

It is a bit small in the frame but given the lens not surprising.

Stan

[Dave_S]

Re: Stag in the grass

Indeed Stan, it needed the 105mm f/2.8 Macro to do it justice, but it was a case of grab a shot while I could, and the 18-50 was attached the camera.

Dave