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Jul 21, 2012 18:12:14   #
TraceyG Loc: SW, Fl.
 
I love these guys! He's a beauty too, you done good!

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Jul 21, 2012 18:23:08   #
jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.
 
Nice work Ian.

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Jul 21, 2012 18:41:30   #
Grannysweet Loc: Sikeston, MO
 
What fascinates me about grasshoppers are that up close they look fake. They look like they are made out of metal and their joints look connected with screws and bolts. Unique little insect. Beautiful photos.

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Jul 21, 2012 19:16:41   #
rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida
 
Really great shots!!

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Jul 21, 2012 19:22:49   #
waterbug49307 Loc: All over, currently Big Rapids Michigan
 
Just goes to shows you what kind of help you can get from a subject you become friends with! Well done.

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Jul 21, 2012 21:01:32   #
ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida
 
Grannysweet wrote:
What fascinates me about grasshoppers are that up close they look fake. They look like they are made out of metal and their joints look connected with screws and bolts. Unique little insect. Beautiful photos.


I have had so much enjoyment looking at all the individual parts of this specimen. On the end of his feet? when he's on a twig he has little gray inflatable pads to stick on the surface, They seem to go away when hes on the flat, the hard shell has little indentations and he has what seems to be two rows of beads hanging down from his jaw. I would love to know from one of the "buggy" people what all those bits do. And the leg joints are sp precision engineered its amazing!

Thanks EVERYONE for the comments. Believe me it was luck all the way! Lucky he jumped on me a few days ago and lucky the photoshoot went well as I am not well versed in Macro type pics and don't have the luxuary of a macro lens (or the extra skill to use it anyway!

Thanks again.

Ian

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Jul 21, 2012 21:02:24   #
ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida
 
Thanks Tracy, If he were bigger he would make a great pet, Haha.
TraceyG wrote:
I love these guys! He's a beauty too, you done good!

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Jul 21, 2012 23:01:40   #
Babushka317 Loc: Vermont
 
I love the photos of the Grasshopper. He looks like he is wearing a coat of armor...but I think you should have named him "Joseph" but that is OK. "Jacob" would have liked this too...He liked nice bright colors too, I'm sure.

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Jul 21, 2012 23:45:50   #
mountainman Loc: MOUNTAINS-NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
 
The second and the last photo show good results with
good focus and the right depth of field, where the rest
show some lack of focus, but still nice. Keep up the good
work.

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Jul 22, 2012 03:12:58   #
Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.
 
ianhargraves1066 wrote:
These are for the non-macro people who will not be so critical of the results.

Last week I shot some Grasshopper / locust pics which wer at the time pleasing to me as a non close up type photographer.

Well being persistant I chased up another victim and here are the results of his portrait session, still not as sharp as I would really like but I was pleased with them.

There are a lot of them so scan through the quick. The things that facinated me are the "Necklace the beast has and the tiny suction pads on his feet. I f you want to improve on them with PP which I dont have, feel free. All I can do is lighten or darken and increase the contrast a little.

If your there William, they might make good conversions to some of your highly colorful make overs.

These are not pinsharp as they were taken with an ancient (6 year old Canon Rebel) with the kit 75mm zoom (non Macro) at the closest focussing distance.

Next time I WILL get the sharp if I have to put the subject to sleep!

Ian
These are for the non-macro people who will not be... (show quote)


Wow! Great capture Ian. The only ones we see up here in Pennsilvaina are green or brown. Yours look good enough to eat. Deep fried or chocolate covered. A delicacy in some countries.

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Jul 22, 2012 05:28:43   #
Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio
 
Bravo :thumbup: ....very nicely done Ian.

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Jul 22, 2012 07:50:23   #
ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida
 
Babushka317 wrote:
I love the photos of the Grasshopper. He looks like he is wearing a coat of armor...but I think you should have named him "Joseph" but that is OK. "Jacob" would have liked this too...He liked nice bright colors too, I'm sure.

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Jul 22, 2012 07:53:49   #
ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida
 
Hal81 wrote:
ianhargraves1066 wrote:
These are for the non-macro people who will not be so critical of the results.

Last week I shot some Grasshopper / locust pics which wer at the time pleasing to me as a non close up type photographer.

Well being persistant I chased up another victim and here are the results of his portrait session, still not as sharp as I would really like but I was pleased with them.

There are a lot of them so scan through the quick. The things that facinated me are the "Necklace the beast has and the tiny suction pads on his feet. I f you want to improve on them with PP which I dont have, feel free. All I can do is lighten or darken and increase the contrast a little.

If your there William, they might make good conversions to some of your highly colorful make overs.

These are not pinsharp as they were taken with an ancient (6 year old Canon Rebel) with the kit 75mm zoom (non Macro) at the closest focussing distance.

Next time I WILL get the sharp if I have to put the subject to sleep!

Ian
These are for the non-macro people who will not be... (show quote)


Wow! Great capture Ian. The only ones we see up here in Pennsilvaina are green or brown. Yours look good enough to eat. Deep fried or chocolate covered. A delicacy in some countries.
quote=ianhargraves1066 These are for the non-macr... (show quote)



Thanks so much for the comments. I never really saw a grasshopper up close and personal before and I bet the green ones are very attractive to close up. Appreciate the time you took to respond. Thanks

Ian

And I did eat one in chocolate, along with some ants! And no they dis not taste like chicken! Haha


Ian

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Jul 22, 2012 09:05:14   #
ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida
 
mountainman wrote:
The second and the last photo show good results with
good focus and the right depth of field, where the rest
show some lack of focus, but still nice. Keep up the good
work.


Thanks a lot for the comments, they are appreciated greatly, These I think were shot a f22 so not a lot you can do with DOF except maybe sharpen them a bit in PP, but I am not that smart. Haha

Ian

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Jul 22, 2012 09:19:50   #
fotosteve Loc: Cincinnati,Oh
 
Pretty neat stuff. This is a rather large specimen and would definately make for many images that could be made into art. Clearity is good and size of the insect will help with versitility. If they are docile, as this one appears to be, I would try some different backgrounds, such as natural,excluding visible human intervention. Good work as I see it. I don't have any grasshopper images, but I'm not a stranger to photographing insects. As a matter of fact ,my images of insects can be quite strange.

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