Cat Man Do

[Don Ellis]

Sunday morning in the garden and what do we find while watering... the animal that's been gorging on all the succulents. I guess that's why they call them that. Anyway, here's five of the better shots from 125 taken... before he was released in the wild.

Overview



Halloween



Fred Astaire



Can I get an Amen!



The End



Enjoy your Sunday.

Don

He's about 2.5 inches (6cm). Taken with a G2, the first shot with +5 and the others with +15.

[thapamd]

Nicely done, Don! The first one almost looks like a train...maybe you can call it, "Night Train to Cat Man Do"

[marie]

'before he was released in the wild'
unquote

you

ha ha ha ha
'anything can do ' after this



your photography sweat is falling all around in the first shot nearly drowning the little hairy beauty Don

what a close up
and the leaf veins really show up it's size
beautiful colours
especially in the second shot

trying to figure out how you got underneath the bug for the fourth shot

so much detail in those tiny hairy attachments
all seems backlit......

in a studio maybe

maybe the sun shone from the right places at the right time

the third shot.... Fred Astaire was never so graceful
(looks like he is falling falling falling.. flying, at an angle........ coming straight for your camera)

then he has the nerve to look for an encore (fourth shot)


beautiful shades in the final curtain (behind)
it is like a studio set up.
you must have done a lot of work behind the scenes

in the fifth shot the 'thing' (by now it's a 'thing' )
has the appearance of a posh rat with hairy wings ( but out of the race)

just lying there......... exhausted

waiting to get a pat on the head no doubt

(the shape looks so different to the other shots)

real nice close ups and 'story' Don
the hairy detail is nail biting



I see it now ( clearly, in the last shot)
I see you put a collar on it .
that's the secret

[Ballen Photo]

Beautiful shots Don, but..........What the HECK is it? I've never seen anything like this before.
........Bruce

[IanD]

Really weird looking bug. Great shots.

[Don Ellis]

Originally Posted by thapamd

Nicely done, Don! The first one almost looks like a train...maybe you can call it, "Night Train to Cat Man Do"

I post only to give you straight lines, Mahesh... and you never fail me.

Thank you.

Don

[Don Ellis]

Originally Posted by Ballen Photo

Beautiful shots Don, but..........What the HECK is it? I've never seen anything like this before.
........Bruce

Hi Bruce,

That's makes three of us... Leela and I haven't seen anything like it either. I'm going to have to make friends with an entymology professor in one of the local colleges.

Thanks for your comments.

Don

[Don Ellis]

Originally Posted by IanD

Really weird looking bug. Great shots.

Thanks, Ian... twice. 8)

[Don Ellis]

Originally Posted by marie

I see it now ( clearly, in the last shot)
I see you put a collar on it .
that's the secret



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Every time I post, I think to myself... how many hours is this going to take out of Marie's life. But then I post anyway... I just try to make it something worthwhile.

Thanks, as always, for your comments and personal takes on the photos... they're always amusing and often insightful (at least if they don't tell us something about the photos, they tell us something about you).

As for the last photo, make sure you know your heads from your tails. This is his little bum.

Cheers,

Don

[meow]

Mama! Please tell me those things don't live in the bed sheets.

[IanD]

Hmmm...seem to have a twitchy finger this morning.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Don Ellis

As for the last photo, make sure you know your heads from your tails. This is his little bum.

Cheers,

Don

I did'nt know he had a little pointy bum Don



I thought it looked like a rat from that angle

(but you don't )






I mean you are not a rat for what you said.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Wow.. these shots of an otherwise scary looking critter have such sensitivity.. very impressive work Don.. With the mantis .. being a critter I allready have an affinity for.. they seem so natural as a model that there beauty was not in my mind neccesarily attributed to your photography...

Here.. your special gift at shwing "critters" at there best is much more evident in that it is more obvious that I would not see this creature the way I am seeing it here in these photos... were I to come across it myself.

So,. you find an uglier bug and I find all the more reason to be blown away by your studies.. including the Mantis shots.... which have allways blown me away. 8)

[CyberDyneSystems]

P.S.,.. you think this thing is big and wild looking now?.. I can't stop trying to imagine what sort of flying Moth or butterfly he will become!

[cindavphoto]

The first one is really good. The rest I didn't really look at cause they give me the creeps. I can't stand bugs!!