Tortoise Beetle – by Gordon Zammit

Gordon has again sent in some excellent photographs, this time of a Tortoise Beetle.  This is the first beetle of this type Gordon has taken, having found it on his car door!  The photographs were taken indoors.  Here are Gordon’s images, including some of the beetle with it’s wings open for flight.

Tortoise Beetle (1) - By Gordon Zammit
Canon EOS 1200D (65mm, f/13, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
Tortoise Beetle (1) – By Gordon Zammit
Tortoise Beetle (7) - By Gordon Zammit
Canon EOS 1200D (65mm, f/14, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
Tortoise Beetle (7) – By Gordon Zammit
Tortoise Beetle (6) - By Gordon Zammit
Canon EOS 1200D (65mm, f/14, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
Tortoise Beetle (6) – By Gordon Zammit
Tortoise Beetle (5) - By Gordon Zammit
Canon EOS 1200D (65mm, f/13, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
Tortoise Beetle (5) – By Gordon Zammit
Tortoise Beetle (4) - By Gordon Zammit
Canon EOS 1200D (65mm, f/13, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
Tortoise Beetle (4) – By Gordon Zammit
Tortoise Beetle (3) - By Gordon Zammit
Canon EOS 1200D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
Tortoise Beetle (3) – By Gordon Zammit
Tortoise Beetle (2) - By Gordon Zammit
Canon EOS 1200D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
Tortoise Beetle (2) – By Gordon Zammit

 

For more of Gordon’s photographic works see his National Geographic site and Flickr Account.

All images remain the copyright of Gordon Zammit.

Chris

I've been taking macro photography from 2004. I use both Canon film and digital cameras.

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