Amazon - Photographic Hoppertunities I
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Amazon - Photographic Hoppertunities I
This guy was very small. When I saw him from a distance I actually thought it was something carrying an ant.
Perhaps it's just me, but this one reminds me of a shark.
I changed the orientation on this one. He was actually facing up.
Perhaps it's just me, but this one reminds me of a shark.
I changed the orientation on this one. He was actually facing up.
Craig Rotermund
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Canon 30D
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Wow! Fascinating creatures, great photos.
Are these on support (tripod/monopod), or did you manage to hand-hold this sharp?
I have a feeling there's a lot more detail in the camera files than what we're seeing here.
Any chance of linking to a tighter crop or a bigger version of #1? <insert begging-puppy emoticon here>
--Rik
Are these on support (tripod/monopod), or did you manage to hand-hold this sharp?
I have a feeling there's a lot more detail in the camera files than what we're seeing here.
Any chance of linking to a tighter crop or a bigger version of #1? <insert begging-puppy emoticon here>
--Rik
I too find #1 to be quite interesting and would like to see a bit more of this little critter. Quite a deadly looking hopper I must say, never seen anything anywhere the likes of this. Maybe you should post it on bugguide.net and see what the folks over there come up with. I would assume it would raise some eyebrows for sure. Great set of images though Craig, that blue hopper is sort of "racey" looking, reminds me of the paint job I have seen on a few old "muscle cars."
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Thanks a lot for the feedback everyone. Rik - these are all shot with a monopod. The first picture was a really tiny subject, shot from a distance, off balance, on a hill, at an odd angle... Ok, you get the picture. Anyway, as you and Ken requested, I am including a supercrop below that I feared would probably be a little too grainy to view. Hopefully it isn't too bad.
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Canon 30D
Sigma 150mm
Craig said:
On the contrary, looks quite well in my opinion. Super shot here with good details. I just wonder if all that armament is functional? I would hate to find out personally though. Maybe you should have asked for a volunteer to pick the little guy up to see what happens when he is fooled with. Sort of like Marlin Perkins and Jim on "Mutual of Omahas, Wild Kingdom."I feared would probably be a little too grainy to view.
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This crop seems to be at the limit of what got captured, but to my eye there's a lot more accessible detail in this image than in the smaller pic (the first one).crotermund wrote:I am including a supercrop below that I feared would probably be a little too grainy to view. Hopefully it isn't too bad.
That word "accessible" is chosen with care. If you press me for an example, I'll have to point to the fine hairs on the left front femur. That's the only detail I can find that's clearly separated in this view and not separated at all in the smaller pic.
But there are a lot of other details that are well separated here, while just barely separated in the smaller pic. In the smaller pic, I find that I'm likely to overlook those entirely, or having seen them at all, to wish that I had more pixels to be sure what they are.
So I'm very happy to have this version. Yep, it looks just a bit blurred. But I'm fine with that!
--Rik
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