Like a Shiny Shoe

This big guy is called a Patent Leather Beetle strolling around the side of my cabin.

[Connie]

Lovely, crisp shot. Rather beautiful to look at in a pic. lol

[Sharon Lee]

Nice capture... so shinny

[Hope D Jennings]

@connie865 LOL Thanks Connie. Maybe they seem beautiful because I really do think of them that way when I photograph them! I love bugs.:)

[Hope D Jennings]

@sugarmuser Thanks Sharon.. He was a shiny guy.

[PamelaRae]

You do make me think differently about insects! Love your photos!

[Hope D Jennings]

@brighteyes55 thank you my friend!

[Allison]

He's just like patent leather.....so dark and shiny! I'm learning so much about these little guys from you........lovely!

[Hope D Jennings]

@allisonraposa thank you Allison!I love insects,I think they are so beautiful.

[Barb]

Wow, Hope! You even manage to make beetles a thing of beauty with your camera!

[Claire]

Yikes! LOL

[Scott]

This photo is a little too good!

[Hope D Jennings]

@bjywamer I really like hat compliment,Barb!When I was teaching preschool,I loved that I could share the beauty of insects with the children so they would not grow up the way most of us did!

[Hope D Jennings]

@tuya lol,Claire..spend the day with me and your fears will be gone.:)

[Hope D Jennings]

@sbolden lol Scott..and he was BIG..if I zoomed in tight with my macro all you would have seen was his eye!

[Suse♡]

Such details and he does look very shiny and biG!

[Hope D Jennings]

@susale he is,Susale...very big!

[Jackie greenfield]

I have to be honest, i hate bugs! BUT, you have really made me look at them in a different light! By viewing your close ups, makes them more errrmmmm !! real?? If that makes sense ;)"

[Hope D Jennings]

@jacjacs68 lol..it does,Jackie,Thank you.:)

[Ness Santvoort]

I can see where he gets his name

[Hope D Jennings]

@ness50 its true! Even shiny up close.:)