Brother...can ya spare a dime?

[Ken Ramos]

EOS 30D
Manual mode/hand held/IS off
1/200 sec. @ f/22 ISO 100
EF 28-135mm IS Wide Angle Zoom @ 135mm close focus
430EX Speedlite, late afternoon

I was out walking about the yard for well over a half an hour and that little hopper never moved from the small dasiy that it was perched on. I suppose it was really depressed

[rjlittlefield]

I was out walking about the yard for well over a half an hour and that little hopper never moved from the small dasiy that it was perched on. I suppose it was really depressed

Or maybe it just found a spot with a good view and stayed to enjoy it!

Looks like an immature katydid from this angle. Nice composition to keep the whole antennae inside the frame.

--Rik

[Mike B in OKlahoma]

The downcast antennae make the title even more appropriate!

Nice katydid, and I agree about good job managing the antennae.

[puzzledpaul]

Ken - just wondered if you tried / took any portrait orientation shots?

pp

[Bruce Williams]

Good work Ken. In my opinion the existing composition works well, however like Paul I would also like to see a tight(ish) portrait crop (retaining the antenae) as there looks to be plenty of scope/detail for further enlargement.

Bruce

[Ken Ramos]

Thanks everyone

Keeping the antennae within the frame was more along the lines of luck really. I had not considered them but with this new lens, new for me anyway, it just turned out that away. Yeah, the down cast antennae did prompt the header. They make the little thing look so down and out.

As for a portrait shot, no not really. I took only two images of the hopper/katydid. It would be nice if Canon would or could make a version of this lens with a little more "omph!" in the macro capability but I am not really going to complain. I really like this lens, maybe I might get a close up lens to screw on the front.

Here is the other shot.

[Bruce Williams]

Looks like our last 2 postings crossed in cyberspace

I like this one too - the oof background was essential in this pic as the subject could so easily have been lost in the similar coloured background detail.

Bruce

[beetleman]

Excellent photo Ken. I can just see a bird swooping down and plucking him off his flower purch. Try the 250D like I use...will pobably be even better on you lens

[Ken Ramos]

It does blend into its surroundings quite well Bruce and yes, it could be easily lost in the photographs background, which seems to be almost the case or ever so slightly. That is probably why that bird that Doug mentioned has not "swooped" down and gobbled it up.

Thanks Bruce and Doug