Shield Bug

Re Ann’s comments (Pluckyfilly) on my previous upload, just to clarify things, my surname's Bottomley, not Batt – or Batty! When I first joined EPZ the first thing that came to mind for a user name was Trev B, but this was already used, so it became Trev B at Wakefield Camera Club. As this was rather long, I compressed it down to TrevBatWCC (you'll note there is only one letter 't' in the middle, not two).
Anyway, this will probably bomb, but it’s for CarolG! I mentioned that I’d spotted a shield bug on Saturday, and had I not seen her images, I would never have guessed what it was. It stayed put on the leaf it was on whilst I got my camera out, but not having a macro lens, and my 70-300 lens only focussing to about 1 metre, couldn't get close enough for it fill the frame, as it was only about 1 cm in length. You’ve certainly no competition here, Carol!

Techie stuff – see Exif
Single Raw images processed in Adobe Camera Raw, tweaked in Elements 6, with some assistance from Topaz Adjust.

Thanks again to everyone for your votes & comments on my previous uploads, it really is appreciated and encouraging.
Trev

Title:	Shield Bug
Username:	TrevBatWCC
Uploaded:	19 Apr 2011 - 5:01 PM
Camera:	Nikon D3000 Check out Nikon Nation!
Lens:	AF-S ED Nikkor 70-300mm VR Check out Nikon Nation!
Recording media:	RAW (digital)
Date Taken:	16 Apr 2011 - 7:28 PM
Tags:	Nature, Shield bug, Wildlife, Wildlife / nature
Votes:	21
	Variant - Tests