"Coreus marginatus", commonly called the dock bug, is a species of squash bug. It is a speckled brown insect with a broad abdomen, and is common in most parts of Europe. It is often found in dense vegetation, such as hedgerows and wasteland, where it mainly feeds on the leaves and seeds of docks and sorrels.
Similar species: True Bugs
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Uploaded Jun 24, 2013. Captured Jun 20, 2013 21:51.
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Another thing I do regularly is in post processing. I use a Lightroom plugin called Nik Color Effex Pro. It has many filters and effects but one I totally love is called "Darken/lighten center" one. It lets you pick any point in the photo and set that as the light source/direction. It totally changes the scene of the photo, really quite spectacular. Sometimes back in Lightroom I may then darken some areas using a graduated filter with a lesser exposure. It's what I did on the bottom of the leaf in this scene.
All of this I do to achieve "dramatic lighting", which is liked by many people. It's basically having a large dynamic range in the photo, a big yet subtle difference between light and dark. If you really want to get inspired by dramatic lighting, watch that hobbit movie. Don't watch the movie, watch the lighting. Almost every scene has it. Posted 12 years ago
This is NOT Pentatoma rufipes, but Coreus marginatus (family Coreidae).
Please remove/add tags accordingly so the images may be displayed in the correct galleries :o) Posted 8 years ago