
Tuesday, 14th November 2006
Technicolour Dreamshell
by Dave
While crawling through the mud chasing crabs my girlfriend amusedly looked on, high and dry, from a near by boardwalk. Crawling past her was this living jewel that she casually called me to check out. Thanks hon.
Equipment: Canon 30D, 100mm Canon Macro lens
Dave
I am from Canada but living in Singapore. Very new to photography, I mainly enjoy macro and travel photography.
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Technicolour Dreamshell by Dave was photo of the day on Tuesday, 14th November 2006. It is tagged Insects, Macro. You can leave a comment below.

19 Comments
Miles
this picture is AMAZING.
Dunc
I agree – truly amazing. My wife’s spotted what would become some of my favorite photographs as well!!!
Diane
Wow!! This looks like dichroic glass. Coolest insect photo I’ve ever seen, thanks!
pegasus
colorful bug..neat!
palimino
Amazing. Stunning.What else can I say?
Bill McFall
Wonderful image. Where did you find this insect gem?
Anurag
or in the digital era may i say adobeRGB dreamshell
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
Wow, amazing colors on that beetle. Maybe DOF could have been a bit larger.
a.
GREAT SHOT! I almost fell off my chair when I saw the colours of this bug!
Gloria Talbert
Keep the good work up Dave .
Su
What an amazing insect, thanks for sharing.
Su
its the Ugly bug wanting to go to the ball.
renee
wow! great colors!
renee
for a bug that is!
mike
Wow is he colorful
Photos by Nik
Coloresque it is
Rajib Singha
Riot of colors!
renee
great shot!
Omyda
No jeweller on earth can do this, not even with the finest Jems’ at their disposal.