Everglades Bug

[Blake Shadle]

I know very little about insects, and I don't try to pretend like I do :) Therefore, this is an image of a bug I found in the Everglades ;)

Tech Stuff
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 70-300 @ 300mm (little macro flippy thing switched on)
Manual Exposure, 1/200 @ f/6.3
ISO 800, Handheld

Thanks for looking! Comments welcomed and appreciated.

[Jim Caldwell]

Ahhh grasshopper - I believe what you have there is a Romalea microptera, or eastern lubber grasshopper. A very young grasshopper! Very nice capture, Blake! Nice contrast and use of dof on the leaf.

[Robert O'Toole]

These guys are cool when they swarm in the mornings.

Good work with the razor thin DOF blake and as usual good work for 1/200 considering it was handheld!!!

Robert

[John Cooper]

Nice composition Blake and sharp where it counts. Love the lime green BG!!

[Fabs Forns]

Excellent use of depth of field!

[intoit]

great dof and I love the colours on this little guy:-)

[Robert Amoruso]

Excellent work Blake.

I just got done telling Peter in his post I appreciate his details on his subjects. I got a laugh when you said, its a bug that's all I know.:)

[Matthew Pugh]

Hi
You have placed the focus nicely in this shot, and certainly displayed an open look that has impact. I personally find the image very visually one sided though, and I wonder if perhaps a vertical composition would have brought more of a balance look? Still a cool image mind you
All the best
Matthew

[Mike Moats]

Hey Blake, you may not know much about insects, but it looks like you have an idea on how to shoot them. Good framing, DOF, and color. Well done.

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Blake,

Love this shot!
Great choice of DOF and the insect really grabs my attention!
I feel cropping a bit of the top and left side would improve this even more!

Well done and thank you for posting!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel