Inky black

Got lucky whilst shooting fungi as this beautiful beetle wandered over my scene.
Might be worth clicking thru to the big version

Is he the Samsung version having the blue rim :

Joking aside - nice shots

Nicely taken, any idea what type it is?

This is really very good

and agree, nice capture

Don, It's a Dung Beetle or Dor Beetle - Geotrupes stercorarius
Eats its own weight in dung every day!

Incidentally, I was shooting fungi with an off-camera strobe shot through an umbrella on a stand. I knew I was going to be in a dark wood and I wanted a nice even light somewhat behind the fungi to simulate the lovely winter light that catches the edge of mushrooms
I moved it round to a more normal position for the beetle.
Didn't have much success with the mushrooms