Meadow grasshopper

[Jonathan Ashton]

Monopod,Canon 7D Canon 180mm macro ISO 200 1/125 sec f11
This was taken on some local heathland, all C&C welcome.

[Mitch Haimov]

Once again you handled the DOF well, Jonathan. Interesting hopper, very nice BG that complements the subject well. I do wish you had been a little further to the right while maintaining the sensor parallel to the hopper--partially to move it a bit further back in the frame but also so we could see a tad more of the face. I also think the farthest right leaf/spine entering the frame from bottom could go since it is hanging there without it's attachment to the stem (possibly a couple on the the left as well, but there is no gap between them and the main body so they aren't distracting like the one on the right).

[Jonathan Ashton]

Mitch I agree I tried to get more to the right but as you can see he was on gorse bush and I was sitting on one at the time and it became increasingly unlikely that I was going to go further to the right:w3

[Norm Dulak]

Nice shot, Jon.

This is an interesting critter, and the color and sharpness are both excellent. I too like the background and agree with Mitch that more of the face would have been better. Since the subject is facing to the right, you might also consider cropping a little off the left side, to put the subject more off center.

[Jason Stander]

Hi Jonathan... I think that this is beautiful... excellent detail and exposure... I am going against the grain... I like the pose and angle captured... beautiful bg... I would have cropped it ever so slightly... otherwise great standard as per usual... WD!

[Mitch Haimov]

C'mon, Jonathan, aren't you willing to suffer for your art? The hopper looks comfortable enough on that gorse bush...

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone, Mitch - those spines can reach the parts most spines don't:bg3: I have some other shots taken from that area.

[Mitch Haimov]

:Whoa!: