Lantern Beetle Borneo

Taken on my trip through the jungles of Borneo

Good capture and very nice and original insect (looks more or less like one of the cicada family ?). If you allow me one question : i see that you use a black background on virtually all your macros. Why is that ? Personal choice, shooting by night, or effect of the lens... ? Don't think it bothers me, it doesn't, i'm just wondering.

Its not really that I choose the black background, but most of my shots are taken in rainforest areas, where it is usually quite dark to start with, a lot of times especially in high humidity I do not use a flash but instead use a head torch which only lights up the subject I am taking,I have found that flash + high humidity gives blur. I think this accounts for the black background.Personally I don,t mind the dark backgrounds.This photo for example was taken in the middle of the day in a very dense part of the jungle with humidity at about 99.5.

... it seems obvious. But i probably wouldn't have figured it out by myself. Living in a temperate country and doing most of my macros in gardens or meadows, i don't have to face the restrictions you mention. However i did consider buying a head torch, to shoot moths for instance. Thanks for your quick answer & regards !

Birte, very nice details and color. I love it.