Who knew? Apparently ALL scorpions glow like this under black light. Weird.
Lit by 2 black lights (which explains the crazy ISO). :o\
Shot at the Seattle Bug Zoo, with great help from the owner (Brian).
He spent a lot of time with us, and even shut his doors early to give us his full attention! Much more than we had expected! Really cool place - stop in and check it out if you're in the area :O)
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what a drag - could've done a lot to this!
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Okay - my bad. All of that, and it didn't even cross my mind that this wasn't an insect!!!! Argh. :o\
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Interesting idea with the black light but it detracts from the scorpion, would love to seen the photo taken from the same angle and perspective without the black light.
OOOOOOO boy, you are going to get soo many people saying...a scorpion is not an insect...as for me I would say forget about them, I like this though df could have been a little better
I would have liked his characteristic tail to be in the shot - even if it was out of focus to keep the shallow DOF...that tail is what makes a scorpion isn't it?
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