Covered in Tiny Emeralds, Pt. 5 - _TNY_4652

Another one of the absolutely gorgeous green-socks peacock beetles (Elaphrus riparius) which run around (seriously running around) on the sand banks in the Mjällådalen nature reserve near Härnösand, Sweden.

 

Right here, me and my son had it temporarily confused which made it stay still for long enough to snap two shots of it and combine them into one with more depth of field. It did however not staty still enough fto allow me to let Zerene Stacker combine the shots so I had to manually combine them in Photoshop instead.

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53041702988/

 

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53236860328/

 

Part 3 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53572443722/

 

Part 4 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53687715770/

 

Part 5 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54003331827/

 

A short clip of the location where I found this one here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53042074405/

 

There are six species of peacock beetles in Sweden and so far, I've managed to photograph two of them (plus a spectacular red form of this one) and I made a separate album so if you want about 45 shots of these little gems, please have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/albums/72177720309780234

Done