Brown Leaf Hopper on a small sunflower leaf stem.

Posted by NiagaraMike on Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:58 am

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D800

F/10

1/1000 s

60 mm micro

ISO 800

Thanks for looking.

If you want to see more detail please go here and please press M.

The eye is even showing detail.

https://500px.com/photo/116256395/brown ... agaramike-

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by Tom Whelan on Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:40 pm

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Excellent portrait, nicely composed in the crook of the stem.

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by NiagaraMike on Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:55 pm

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Tom Whelan wrote:Excellent portrait, nicely composed in the crook of the stem.

Thanks Tom. It was not amused and kept trying to go to shade. I had to keep bending the leaf and plant and... until the length of the body was essentially parallel to the lens glass to get any DOF. I am pleased I got this image at all. All of the rest were head or tail focused not both except this one and then it took off. I did the low angle to look into the insect instead of the top view. Now that you complimented it I can say it was worth it. I was happy to see so much detail in the eye...working with just a 60 mm lens and existing light. I got as close as the lens would focus.

Hope you saw the larger image....

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by wtracyparnell on Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:34 am

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Good shot of this small guy.

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by Matthew Pugh on Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:35 am

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Hi

Very nice - excellent composition that uses the perch beautifully

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by NiagaraMike on Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:32 am

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wtracyparnell wrote:Good shot of this small guy.

Thanks wtracyparnell,

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by NiagaraMike on Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:35 am

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Matthew Pugh wrote:Hi

Very nice - excellent composition that uses the perch beautifully

All the best
Matthew

Thanks Matthew. I guess I got lucky as this was the insect's choice of perch. It was where I spotted it and I only manipulated the angles for light and background by bending it and it not flying off in the process. I do like the hairiness of the sunflower leaf stem and that V where the leaf stem attached to the main stem.

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:49 pm

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A fine image of this little hopper Mike, excellent detail!

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