Plectrodera scalator – Austin, TX
The postdoctoral researchers in Nancy Moran’s lab here at UT have adopted a local longhorn beetle and, for reasons that remain mysterious, named it “Ringo”. I can only hope they weren’t punning on Beetles/Beatles.
Ringo was kind enough to pose for me in the most makeshift of photo studios. Lacking time to assemble a proper studio whitebox, I took the beetle to a small, white-painted room and fired a couple off-camera strobes at the ceiling.
Photo details: Canon 6D, 100mm f/2.8 macro lens, two off-camera strobes.
5 comments on Ringo the Cottonwood Borer
Shadows removed with Photoshop? It’s more MYN than you’re usual approach.
The shadows in the original exposure were slightly more pronounced than in this processed version, but I left about 50%.
We adopted a local longhorn beetle here in Arizona last year. We named it “Tex” for obvious reasons. 🙂
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