Bugs and Beardy

[StephenM]

Hi all,

I came across this interesting-looking bug in the garden this morning and thought it was worth a shot. The second one is a ladybird sitting on a sunflower, still wet from the morning fog.

There's also a bearded dragon in breeding colours, taken last weekend.

All taken using Pentax K100D and 70-300mm telephoto/macro lens.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Babalyon 5]

Great shot of the dragon!:eyepop:

[ving]

hey that first bug is really interesting... :D

btw that dragon is an eastern water dragon :)

[AlexN]

Stephen, Very nice shot of the water dragon, Their breeding colors are very very photogenic.. There are quite a lot of them, that are very friendly on the eastern side of the story bridge near kangaroo point.. I got some fantastic closeups down there..

Well shot, and good subjects!

[jjjnettie]

Very nice trio of images!
Love the Dragon.

[Tamtarn]

Nice selection of images Stephen, really like the dragon.

[StephenM]

Thanks for the comments.

As I was shutting down the computer after posting these, I realised that I'd incorrectly called the dragon a beardy rather than a water dragon, but I figured someone else would correct it!

Thanks and cheers,
Stephen

[Robert_T]

Great bug shot! Imagine that one at human size... brrr!

Love the lady beetle too, great colour contrast - you can even see some moisture beading on its back:)

[RB]

Wow these are beautiful shots Stephen.
I really like the lady bug in particular, like Robert said, it has great colour contrast.

[StephenM]

Thanks Robert and Andrew. I was quite happy to capture the dew droplets on the ladybird's back!

Cheers,
Stephen