Critique Golden bloomed longhorn beetle

[Intruder2000]

Hi

Havent posted here for a longtime but since the lockdown have been playing around with macro and really enjoying it . Hope im right with the identity not sure i have ever seen one before .

Untitled by Lee Black, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Looking at a larger image on your flickr the beetle is nice and sharp but not liking the orange background, something more natural ideally would be more to my taste.

 

[Intruder2000]

Thanks Ajophotog i actually agree about the background something has been bugging me and i think its that . Just too unnatural and imposing

 

[StuartUK]

The beetle is Agapanthia villosoviridescens. I think the common name is actually "Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn" if you believe in such things! Who makes up these incredibly long and contrived common names? Agapanthia is less of a mouthfull.

 

[Testudo Man]

A nice Long Horn Beetle image.
Orange/yellow backgrounds rarely work...as Alby said, a natural background (either green/light brown) might have worked better.