Macro and Flora IOTW 1/22/10 Vida van der Walt

Congratulations Vida van der Walt
Feeling Antsy

This is a little long horned grasshopper and it is an ant mimic. It is about the same size as one of the medium sized ant species and can easily be mistaken for an ant at first glance. When I found this one in my garden I thought it would be great if I could manage a shot of it jumping (as with my shot of the jumping spider's jump). After many, many unsuccessful shots I had to give up and return this little guy to my garden for a well deserved rest. Now I only have shots of it sitting on the leaf before a jump and many empty frames. I can't help wondering how cool the shot would have been if the grasshopper was in the air.
The bg is one of the lovely hibiscus flowers from my garden. The inner part of the flower is pink and gradually changes to orange and yellow. It is not noise you see on the legs and body but a very fine texture that is also present in the original RAW file.
MP E65mm; MT 24EX
apert f16; ss 1/200; iso 100

Congratulations, Vida!

Vida, Big Congrats!

Vida, your work is fascinating, big congrats!

From your fan,
Fabs

Congratulations Vida

Congrats Vida. Your work is amazing!

Vida, This always had a winner's ticket on it. Congrats.

Congrats, excellent capture. :)

Big congratulations, Vida! :) Very well deserved!

Congrats Vida, an impressive image and bg!

Very nice and the BG is amazing.

Axel, Denise, Fabs, Harshad, Allen, Stu, Oscar, Christopher, Nate and Jackie, thank you all very much.:) Fabs, I feel honoured that you're a fan of my work.:)

Congratulations Vida. Outstanding composition... one of your finest.

Thank you Indranil. Much appreciated.:)

This is an amazing image, Vida! Congratulations!!

Sharp Image, Beautiful Background !

A Winner For Sure...

simply magnificent Vida!!

WOW....simply a stunner!