I know everything's different down in Oz, but that doesn't look like any grasshopper I've ever seen! <g>
Interesting angle. Nice sharpness. That OOF thing bottom left doesn't bother me at all; in fact, I kind of like it, as it breaks up the monotony of all that green a bit.
In fact, were I to criticize this otherwise very good photo, it would be due to the preponderance of green. It's a little oppressive. I know you photographed what was there, but it would have been nice if the background was another colour, or at least had some other colours in it.
Not that I don't like green... <vbg>
Otherwise (and I fear I may have made this seem like a bigger deal than it is, as I do like it a lot), a wonderful bug piccie. <g>
thanks, frank
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From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW (PESO) - Grasshopper portrait Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 17:26:55 +1000
One of the fairly common short-horned grasshoppers in the area, in this case sitting on a bit of rhubarb. Experimenting with the refconverter and getting different perspectives (and working close to the ground). The bottom left OOF area is a bit annoying IMO, and it just seems a bit cliched, but otherwise I'm happy with the shot.
http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/grasshopper2.jpg
*ist D, Tamron 90/2.5 + 2x TC, f/11, 1/150s, onboard flash and sunlight, 400ASA, sharpened a bit and fiddled in photoshop (also rotated and cropped), toast for breakfast, was wearing jeans and a tee-shirt (to mention just a few details from EXIF or otherwise)
Comments, as always, appreciated.
David
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