[Maximus3D]

Those insect images look great hyltom! very sharp and tight focus, almost too tight in some of your pics as it blurs the legs and wings of some of your insects.
I like the 1st, 3rd and 4th images the most.

/ Max

[kami]

wow!

[KurtS]

wow - that Pyrops Candelarius is really beautiful!

[Bubbaloo]

Cool photos, Hyltom!

[Bubbaloo]

That's my boy!

[m-Que]

I see little Brian there

[polynurb]

I see little Brian there

.. he is carefully counting the shutter blade number ..

[Bubbaloo]

I see little Brian there

.. he is carefully counting the shutter blade number ..

No, he's calculating the shutter speed. Just after this photo he said, "1/125!".

[hyltom]

wow - that Pyrops Candelarius is really beautiful!

Thanks for putting a name on that stuff Kurt. Now i know with what i was dealing these last days. The first day i just saw one ( the one on the picture) but the second days i found five of them on one tree.

[caryjames]

Nice Hyltom and Brian!

[tom]

I'd say the insects are impressive (although they ARE) but the photo of Brian's boy made me think of it once again. He's so cute

[NicoR44]

Yes great photo Brian!

This is what I found this morning, I never saw such a big beetle here in the Netherlands:
about 7cm

[Bubbaloo]

Wow, that's a monster!

Thanks for the nice words about me boy.

[tom]

Hey Curt, did it say something? It's big enough to do so...

[KurtS]

that Dytiscus marginalis looks like a real monster!