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Nov 29, 2005 22:22 | #1

This cicada started screaming at about dusk last night. It was too high in the tree to use my Sigma 105, so I decided to try the bigma. The bigma couldn't focus as it was too dark, and I couldn't focus manually because it was too dark. So got the missus away from the telly to light it up with a torch so that I could focus manually.

Shot details: manual focus, manual mode F5.6, S=1/125s, ISO 400, FEC=+2/3. Mounted on a monopod. It's awful, but what an experience to get my first cicada...

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Nov 30, 2005 05:15 | #2

Great first capture of a Cicada, careful, they can knock your hat off.

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Dec 01, 2005 00:42 as a reply to @ Bald Eagle's post | #3

Bald Eagle wrote:
Great first capture of a Cicada, careful, they can knock your hat off.

Thanks BE - I do remember the one that took your hat off

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Dec 01, 2005 08:44 | #4

Man, those cicadas are everywhere. You do have some interesting patterns on the back. Nice capture by the way.

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Dec 02, 2005 00:48 as a reply to @ dancinec's post | #5

dancinec wrote:
Man, those cicadas are everywhere. You do have some interesting patterns on the back. Nice capture by the way.

Thanks Dennis. Not my best I know, but it was really an effort to get him at all. :confused:

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