Finally got to work on one of my Cicada Killers from my trip out with fellow bpn'er Nick Palmieri. We were pretty much elbow to elbow laying down in this public park! Thanks for the story of the behavior on Nick's post Steve! What started out as a morning of nothing/very little......turned out to be quite a productive morning when we found a very large group of them. All sorts of behaviour from eating to mating.......and what looked like territorial disputes as they landed on perches.....including this cicada body. I removed some grasses protruding into the frame as it was laying in a very small patch of dirt.
Canon 1D Mark lll and the Sigma 180mm macro at f22 for 1/125 sec. and ISO 800 with the MT-24 Twin lights at minus 1/3 HH. Highlights cleaned up in PP'ing. Saved at 65 quality.






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You kill 'em we grill 'em. Great capture; did you see the kill or just this result?

.....the cicada wound up in a bare patch of dirt.
This gal is really giving you a (to human eyes, at least) defiant pose - as if to say - "Don't come any closer!" This turned into a great photo-op for both you and Nick and you each made the most of it. Excellent sharpness and DOF. The image is well lit by the flash and you did a good job cleaning up highlights in pp. Very well done.

