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Cetonia aurata & Rubus fruticosus


Cetonia aurata & Rubus fruticosus
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Copyright: Alexei Alyokhin (Alex99) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4072 W: 133 N: 7096] (23735)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2011-06-30
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D700, AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, Nikon TC20EIII, Hoya HMC Super UV(0) 62 mm
Exposure: f/29.0, 1/250 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2013-12-21 11:12
Viewed: 3833
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The bushes of Blackberry often serve as a hedgerow of many gardens. The flowers of the species attracts many various insects including butterflies, hoverflies and bugs. It is clear I am not exception too :). In summer the species of Cetonia aurata is also frequent guest on the bushes.

Cetonia aurata, called the rose chafer or, sometimes, the green rose chafer or goldsmith beetle, is a beetle, 20 mm (ž in) long, that has a metallic green colouration and a distinct V-shaped scutellum.
The scutellum is the small V-shaped area between the wing cases; it shows several small, irregular, white lines and marks.
The underside of the beetle has a coppery colour, and its upper side is sometimes bronze, copper, violet, blue/black, or grey.
Cetonia aurata should not be confused with the North American rose chafer, macrodactylus subspinosus.
The rarely seen noble chafer is very similar to the rose chafer. One way to identify it is to look at its scutellum; on the noble chafer the scutellum is an equilateral triangle, but on the rose chafer it is an isosceles triangle.
(Cetonia aurata)

The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the Rubus genus in the Rosaceae family, hybrids among these species within the Rubus subgenus, and hybrids between the Rubus and Idaeobatus subgenera. What distinguishes the blackberry from its raspberry relatives is whether or not the torus (receptacle or stem) 'picks-with' (i.e. stays with) the fruit. When picking a blackberry fruit, the torus does stay with the fruit. With a raspberry, the torus remains on the plant, leaving a hollow core in the raspberry fruit. The term 'bramble', a word meaning any impenetrable scrub, has traditionally been applied specifically to the blackberry or its products, though in the United States it applies to all members of the Rubus genus. In the western US, the term caneberry is used to refer to blackberries and raspberries as a group rather than the term bramble.
The usually black fruit is not a true berry. Botanically it is termed an aggregate fruit, composed of small drupelets. It is a widespread and well-known group of over 375 species, many of which are closely related apomictic microspecies native throughout Europe, northwestern Africa, temperate western and central Asia and North and South America.
(Blackberry)
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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5137 W: 166 N: 13121] (49139)
  • [2013-12-21 11:45]

Hello Alexei,
Beautiful macro in great sharpness and details. A pity that the light of the flash is concentrated on one point. Taken from a very good POV in an attractive composition.
Regards,
Peter

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6595 W: 89 N: 15659] (65489)
  • [2013-12-21 11:51]

Hi Alex,great memory of the start of last summer,a specie common in my country too,in a beautiful capture with a nice light reflections and very bright details on the rubus fruits too,i like it! Have a nice Sunday and thanks,Luciano

Ciao Alex, great macro of lovely beetle, wonderful colors, splendid light, fine details anbd superb sharpness, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

Hello Alexei,
Beautiful macro in great sharpness and details. Super POV.
Have a nice weekend.

Hallo Alex
this is a super good sharpness composition with nice light and beautiful colours
thanks greeting lou

Hi Alexei, Wonderful macro of this beetle with stunned sharpness and details. I like the strong colourful contrasts in this image. The grapes certainly add sweet to the frame. Thank for sharing
Anna

Hello Alexei
Wonderful macro.
Superb sharpness and colour.
Love to see this beauty.
Best wishes,
Samiran

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  • tuslaw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2754 W: 282 N: 4931] (19883)
  • [2013-12-21 19:30]

Hello Alexei,
An interesting image filled with rich color and super fine detail. Exposure is right on the money and the composition great. You have captured your beautiful beetle perfectly as it visits each bloom.
Ron

Great macro Alex! The colours and the lighting are fantastic! Impressive sharpness too!
Regards,
Christodoulos

Hi alex
excellent macro shot. colour, sharpness and the POV is great.
lovely composition.
Flash focused on the subject is visible.

well taken

karthik

Hello Alexei,
An outstanding macro indeed,remarkable details,clarity and saturation of lovely natural colours.
Regards,
Joy

Hello Alexei
照的清晰 很漂亮的金龜子
顏色鮮豔 很新奇也很特別
說真得這種有弧度和有反光性的外殼 特別難照的清晰
你光線掌握的很完美 呈現是如此的亮麗清楚
真的美麗了 花朵也很漂亮 果實也翠綠 非常的搭配
構圖美麗 背景深遂
謝謝分享
STONE

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  • iti Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 577 W: 0 N: 650] (7939)
  • [2013-12-22 2:45]

Hi Alexei,
Excellent details,fantastic colours and perfectly sharp photo.
Very nice shot of this beautiful bug.
Regards Jiri.

Hello Mr.Alexei,
Beautiful close-up photograph of this Beetle.Excellent clarity with splendid.Details are outstanding.Very nice use of light.Great work Alexei.
Thanks for sharing,
Regards and have a nice time,
Srikumar

Thanks also for your comment on my picture.It will help me to capture better one in future.

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  • hsn6a Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 160 W: 0 N: 435] (8652)
  • [2013-12-22 5:22]

Hello Alex,
great macro cetonia and rubus,nice photo,thanks.

Hi Alexei,
nice bug. Very good macro shot. Perfect presentation. Nice composition.
Thanks for sharing,
Maciek

Alex,
What a lovely macro.
Well controlled colours.
Superb sharpness.
Very detailed too.
Best regards.
Mario.
P.S. I do visit this site from time to time ...

Hello Alexei,
Thanks for visiting my gallery! I am impressed by the magnificent sharpness, DOF and colors of this image. The composition is wonderful. Very nice POV and outstanding clarity. What a perfect capture.
Marius.

Hello Alexei

Great macro of this insect with the flowers and fruits, superbly focused
with great sharpness and details, excellent contrast of the color tones, TFS

Asbed

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 497 W: 111 N: 1535] (9539)
  • [2013-12-22 9:27]

Hello Alexei,
I've also been long time ago. Lately I take photos from time to time especially birds.I see this species quite often and even have its photofrom last summer.Your I like very much.
Best regards, Pawel

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  • nanreh Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 136 W: 12 N: 258] (2191)
  • [2013-12-22 10:04]

That complex composition, Alexei!

Flower; beetle and small fruits, all with luxurious definition, composing what I call an ecological photography, where life is shown in full interaction.

Congratulations, Ukrainian friend.

From Argentina, Hernán Ernesto Bortondello.

a nice memory of this summer with cetonia
aurata between blackberry fruit,Alexei
happy Christmas with your beloved ones
sERGIO

Ciao Alexei. Perfect DOF amazing metallic stunning details in the great close up.

Roberto

Hello Alexei,
What a lovely macro picture.
Well done.

Hallo Alexei
Hallo Steve
A stunning image of a most beautiful beetle. The colours of its body is striking and you have captured it with great skill showing off all its great features. I like the image as a whole but the point of view is just great. Your chosen composition is just right to bring out the details of this beauty to the best. Thanks for sharing. Best regards.
Anna

Dear Alexei,
fabulously rich details, well saturated yet subtle colours, bringing back strongly vitalizing memories of fresh summer. A lush feast for the eyes. Thank you my dear friend!
With all my best wishes to you,
Peter

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2791 W: 0 N: 6696] (25839)
  • [2014-07-04 17:09]

Hi Alex
very lively and wonderful close up of the bug. The details are splendid and they so sharp.
Very well captured and well presented.

Regards
Foozi

Privet Alexei,
I don't know how I missed this superb macro shot 'til now. Fabulous composition, and the light balance is simply unbelievable. Plenty of details, no blown out parts on the whites, meanwhile the darker parts are exposed well also. Absolutely beautiful. Beside the awesome metallic emerald of the insect, I love the green berries, too, they're very attractive as well. Hats off of you again, my friend. I truly hope once you'll return to TN, the sooner the better.
Best regards, László

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