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This must be Deb's photo....
GREAT SHOT! Love little critters as they do have great expressions and characteristics to appreciate.
This reminded me immediately
of "My what big eyes you have" which I loved! I thought of your very precious frog photo as I found a small tree frog on the inside of my kitchen window. Before we parted I did placed him in a 16 oz water bottle without the water, just temporarily, allowing light to flow through with the backgound being colorful shaped puzzle pieces. Then I photographed him shooting down into the bottle. A look of photoshop filters without the filters. He wasn't as handsome as yours though. ; )
I do hope to see more of your critter-close-ups!
Thanks again Deb!

Posted by B.Dyer on September 08, 2008 at 10:18 PM CDT #

Great shot. I really like the shallow dof on this.

Posted by John on September 09, 2008 at 12:10 AM CDT #

I just love how this little critter becomes so huge in this shot. I'm quite surprised you could get in so close at 57mm. But I'm guessing you shot him (her?) while still trapped inside the bug trap, right?

Great shot!

Posted by Thomas on September 09, 2008 at 01:57 AM CDT #

I agree, great shot. I'm also liking the shallow dof. I think he actually smiled for you!

Posted by Jamie on September 09, 2008 at 05:38 AM CDT #

Thanks everyone, it was great to wake up to your comments this morning! Just to answer Thomas's questions: I put this grasshopper inside a white studio cube thing that I have, it is white plastic and is meant for shooting small studio products. I have rarely used it because I don't shoot studio stills...but I set it up for this grasshopper because I didn't want him hopping all over my living room. Then I set the cube on a table over by my sliding glass door, and when the sun came out, it provided the nice warm glow you see in the photo. I used a set of close-up filters on the front of my lens so I could get really close up with a shallow dof. I like how it turned out and am happy you do to!

Posted by Debbie Hartmann on September 09, 2008 at 06:06 AM CDT #

Wow! What a great shot! The dof, lighting...everything is superb...right down to the expression on his face!

Posted by Susan on September 09, 2008 at 10:03 AM CDT #

This is wonderful!! Jumps right out at you..and like others have noted - love the soft lighting. Excellent!

Posted by Marcie on September 10, 2008 at 06:40 AM CDT #

Lovely shot. Beautiful light! Sunny greetings from Germany

Posted by J. L. T. on September 14, 2008 at 01:15 AM CDT #

Nice close up!

Posted by Framed and Shot on October 12, 2008 at 03:43 PM CDT #

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