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Reminds me of either Tom Waits or Lenard Cohen ( cant figure out which)

Great shot though!

Thanks you two. Funny how the iPhone gives a completely different creative outlet. This is via instagram but pp'd in photoshop for a more radical b&w conversion.

I really like this one.

Noted and Voted.

Noted and Voted. Eye-catching tones and textures.

Super photo of D.

Stunning.  Nice fella I'm sure!  Relative position of the shadow is great - think it might be adding to the feeling of giant scale too.

Thanks folks!

love it ... Happy Days

Great shot 

Hey, thanks for this and all of the other comments, much appreciated!

Great TOTD. Love it! Congratulations...

Nice n simple.

Like the PP BW on these.well suited.

A cracker.

A cracker, like all ur kids shots and the album.

Great use of light. Nice one.

Love it. thats a keeper.

Lovely Portrait, Nice measure of colour.

;-) Thx

I do, this is dytiscus marginalis (Great Diving Beetle), and a serious predator by all accounts (tadpoles, small fish, insects etc). This fella was about 4cm long.  The "suckers" you've mentioned are only on the male and they're used to attach to the female during, well you know!.  Fascinating creature. Huge!  Google the latin name and you can read more (particularly about their flight patterns!)

Love the detail in this one...would you know what are the small heart-shaped things on the sides? Curious now... ;o)

Gorgeous shot of a beautiful place...good work, Stephen.

Like the softness of this...

Heh heh, and again, appreciate it!