My first grass-hopper

[slitherjef]

Where are the big ones when you have the camera ready? I chased this little grass hopper down and when he slowed down I started to shoot. A tiny little fellow, about maybe 1.25" long, so this is a 100% crop (and I chopped his antanna off in the crop - oops). First couple shots I totally blew the highlights out, then finally got settings close to where I wanted (this shot) and started to adjust for a wider depth, and he had enough and took off

http://home.comcast.net/~slitherjef/macro/hoppersm.jpg

[LordV]

Nice looking hopper but worth doing the crop again and leaving more room on the right hand side.
Brian V.

[johnkermit1]

I concur with Brian on the cropping suggestion, and i agree that is a nice looking grass hopper. :cool: