A New Kind of Peacock, Pt. 6 - _TNY_8517

I managed to squeeze in an afternoon trip to Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park on Midsummer's Day (of 2022) and ended up climbing up along the small creek hoping to get some good shots of the demoiselles fluttering over the water which looked absolutely gorgeous with their metallic wings. It turned out to be quite difficult to capture them though so I began walking (or climbing really) towards home when I spotted a real treat on a rock next to the water!

 

This is a female copper peacock beetle (Elaphrus cupreus) at just 9 mm (3/8") body length shot at 2:2 magnification. It is also a two-exposure focus-stack. I didn't use any particular stacking software though and just blended the parts together using Photoshop.

 

Part 1, from the top, here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52218581464/

 

Part 2, from the side, here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52267322328/

 

Part 3, a portrait shot, here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52521447433/

 

Part 4 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52545297405/

 

Part 5 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53057819608/

Done