top 100 Liparus vs. Pissodes

This EXTREMELY bad pun (some of you may find appropriate in the

circumstances) is of course a "Master and Commander" reference (I can

really sympathize with the Doctor character, by the way - I would get

totally pissed if I had to suddenly leave some biodiversity paradise I

just started to explore).

Liparus is one of the largest European weevils, while Pissodes falls

in the "leser weevils" (d'oh!) category...

 

No weevils were hurt during this session!

View large. I mean LARGE.

I love the image and the really bad pun! The "braids" hanging from his mandible(?)or snout (?) look like a warrior's braids! An amazing macro as usual. "Larger" is really amazing!

Wonderful photo, and really great title. Dan

Wow! Indeed. The large version is awesome.

 

Ann :)

Amazing work Igor! Perfect detail and light. My first guess at a title based on the thumbnail might have been "Hi Mom!" but I guess that doesn't apply.

Just amazing...

Totally brilliant!!! Really made my day when I saw this- it's just such an entertaining shot.

Igor, love the pun. Now as far as the photo; for one who has an extreme aversion to bugs of any type, I could not take my eyes off of these two. It's beautiful, yes you heard me say a bug is beautiful, but the crispness of this shot is wonderful. You can clearly see almost every detail of the big momma bug and also quite a bit of the little guy. This shot is terrific.

Awsome image...good work! Cheers, Jaime

Definitely needs to be viewed large, the detailis great.

 

How about,

 

My d..dad says not to b.back down to b.b..bullies !

The image is undeniably good. Great DOF, detail. light, and subjects. What I love is the "Lesser of two weevils" crack. I know a lot of people don't even know what weevils are, but when I saw that I nearly fell out of my chair.

 

 

 

Thanks for that dude! :D

great!!!

As a fan of both arthropods and "Master and Commander", I indeed appreciated the joke. Well done. Though, I must say I'm surprised no one got eaten...

 

Superb placement of the plane of focus and and excellent "posing" as well.

Very nice work Igor, and thanks for posting it as large as you did. 7/7

Stunning macro work!

What a tremendous job. Aside from the great technical aspects of lighting and wonderfuly chosen background. The image is very creative indeed. Outstanding job.

What lens did you use?

Regards

Alex