Lucanus elaphus newly emerged

[Lucanus]

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[Oak]

do they hibernate right after they emerge?

 

[Lucanus]

do they hibernate right after they emerge?

Yes. They will stay dormant for couple of months.

 

[jreidsma]

Beautiful beetle you have there

 

[Lucanus]

Beautiful beetle you have there

Thank you

I hate the fact that my camera isn't capturing the colors properly. This species look much prettier in real life

 

[jreidsma]

Don't cameras do that to everything though

 

[Peter Clausen]

Things always seem to photograph more nicely outdoors, but your shots look really nice to me.

 

[Lucanus]

Don't cameras do that to everything though

The camera that I was using last year (much cheaper one) depicted the color more accurately.

It seems that the camera I am using (Nikon P7000) has some problems with color

(or maybe I had a wrong setting on my camera. lol)

 

[Lucanus]

Things always seem to photograph more nicely outdoors, but your shots look really nice to me.

Thank you

I tried to take couple of shot outdoor but I still couldn't get the color right

 

[Ryan Minard]

Try enhancing it on your computer... the color temp?

 

[stagtacus]

Looks beautiful to me and big too, never have one my self before.