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Copyright: Norbert Gorski (hekcik) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 330 W: 15 N: 305] (1823)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-09
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 350D, Pentacon 4/200 MC, RAW ISO 200, Extension Tube
Exposure: f/8, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-11 10:35
Viewed: 1169
Points: 74
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Omocestus viridulus - Common Green Grasshopper

Omocestus viridulus is a familiar 'green' grasshopper of a wide range of grassy habitats throughout Britain. Like other members of the order Orthoptera it has:
• long, powerful hind legs enabling it to jump.
• 'leathery', straight-veined fore-wings that protect the delicate, membranous hind-wings.
• powerful, biting mouthparts.
• ability to 'stridulate' – the action of rubbing two body parts together to produce sound. In the case of the grasshopers (family Acrididae, grasshoppers and locusts), this is done by rubbing the hind legs against the toughened veins of the fore-wings, the inner side of the femur (upper leg) in most species (in the male) having small, peg-like projections for this purpose. The result is a 'chirping' song characteristic for each species. In general, in the grasshoppers, stridulation is done by the male, to attract receptive females, which might reply more quietly.

Immature ('nymph') grasshoppers are smaller, with vestigial wings.

Identification and variation
O. viridulus is one of two widespread and generally common green grasshoppers in grassland, the other being Chorthippus parallelus. However, O. viridulus may be partly or, in the male, entirely brown, while normally brown species such as the common C. brunneus or Myrmeleotettix maculatus may sometimes be green. There is also a female colour variant of O. viridulus with purple along the sides. Attention to detailed characters is required for certain identification; excellent descriptions and illustrations are given in Ragge (1965) and Marshall & Haes (1988). The female has distinctly longer wings than the common form of C. parallelus and has longer and more conspicuous ovipositer valves.

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  • soccer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 569 W: 0 N: 532] (1923)
  • [2006-07-11 10:51]

Norbert,

Great detail and sharpness show in your pic. The Lighting is good along with the POV, OOF BG, DOF and Composition. TFS,
Sheriff

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1318 W: 52 N: 1782] (5276)
  • [2006-07-11 11:03]

Hi Norbert ! Excellent shot of this grasshopper ! Sharpness, details, colors, composition and POV are perfect, and I also like your DOF. Your subject is nicely isolated against the blurry BG. very well done !
Valérie.

Hi Norbert,
Very pleasant macro work on this little fellow!
I like the way you frame him, in a fine composition...
Good clarity in colours, super sharpness giveing fine details in the insect!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Witaj,
Swietne to jest! Cale szczescie nie takie calkiem "green". Bardzo mi sie podobaja te cieple kolory, kadr, GO, POV i chyba cala reszta tez :-)
Pozdrowienia!

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 871 W: 2 N: 606] (2034)
  • [2006-07-11 13:03]

Hello Norbert , Great macro shot ,good colours compositie sharpnes details pov and the bg ,very good ,Greetings Teunie .

Hi Norbert :)
Clear sharp detail and well composed. Excellent color and light, nice POV & BG as well.
Very well done!

Hi Norbert,
it's a very nice macro wiht lovely colours.
The POV and compostion are really nice.
The straw in the FG is a bit disturbing but thats nature.
Well done.

Howard must been an old man;-) forgot you name;-))

Hello Norbert, excllent colors, Bg, POV DOF perfect colors details, are crisp, TFS Kyle

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 715 W: 115 N: 1038] (4597)
  • [2006-07-11 14:24]

that´s really a nice great green one, norbert! :-)
or how big was it?
good composition and nice vertical pov,
great sharpness and terrific details - i like the big black
eye - looking in the cam.
well seen & captured before it jumped, thorsten.

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1471 W: 18 N: 2981] (10944)
  • [2006-07-11 15:43]

Great details and a great POV. The colours are clear and vibrant. Lovely

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1676 W: 5 N: 2144] (11878)
  • [2006-07-11 20:01]

Bonjour Norbert!

Bravo pour la netteté,;es couleurs et l'éclairage.
Merci.
joseph.

Wonderful photo, brilliant composition and POV! TFS - Xplorator Radu

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2829 W: 75 N: 8024] (26857)
  • [2006-07-12 8:53]

Czesc Norbert!
Fantastyczne zdjecie po prostu. Koniki polne ciezko jakos sensownie pokazac, ale tobie udalo sie to swietnie. Zywe kolory, idealna ostrosc. Jedyne co troche przeszkadza, to ta galazka na pierwszym planie z lewej, ale to drobiazg wlasciwie.

Witaj,
Piekne jak zawsze :-)
Widac warsztat Mistrza :-)
Wszystko jak najbardziej na TAK!!!
Pozdrawiam Malgosia

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 880 W: 23 N: 927] (4993)
  • [2006-07-12 10:05]

Hello Norbert, great macro-shot with colors that harmonize, sharpness and composition are perfect. Beautiful lighting too. Best regards, Didier.

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 32 N: 790] (3052)
  • [2006-07-12 18:36]

Hi Norbert,
Excellent macro. Great lighting, outstanding colours and details. Also good shallow DOF and Very well composed. Well done and TFS.
Dean.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3184] (10918)
  • [2006-07-13 6:01]

Beautiful and interesting shot for this climber ! Composition, colors, details, exposure, DOF and sharpness are very good ! Congratulations Norbert and thank you for sharing picture and note which give to me enjoyment.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-07-14 5:51]

Hello Norbert,
Magnificent macro.I liked DOF you managed,POV,colors,sharpness,details,colors,BG and composition a lot.
TFS...:-)

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1097 W: 168 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-07-14 6:00]

Hi Norbert,
Excellent shot, I really like the contrast in this one. Great detail, good colours (a lot of green!). Great shot my friend.
Cheers,
Adrian

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  • zeca Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 374 W: 14 N: 533] (2821)
  • [2006-07-15 2:23]

Nice post Norbert! I like the POV and the greens are very nice! Good sharp details!
Cheers!
Zeca

Bonjour Norbert
Belle présentation et belle prise en macro avec cette joli saterelle, comme toutes tes autres que tu nous as envoyées,les couleurs et la nettetée sont très bonnes, belle composition et le Bg est super .
Au revoir et félicitation ....JP

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2081 W: 216 N: 3759] (12472)
  • [2006-07-17 6:26]

A very beautiful shot, Norbert!
This green is so calming and pacefull, yet contains so much life and action. Wonderful.
Excellent POV, great sharpness and lighting.
Bravo and TFS
Horia

Hi Nobert,
I Like the eyes of this wonderful insect, great colors and exposure.
Composition wise i would have composed it diagonally ( Just my way, the picture is excellent :-) )
TFS
Goutham

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1148 W: 254 N: 2555] (11565)
  • [2006-07-17 16:16]

Hi Norbert,

An excellent macros with a good POV,I like the colors (all green but great contrasted),very sharp and detailed,my compliments,

Paul

Czesc Norbert!
Swietne zdjecie. Widze, ze wyciagacie z Malgosia coraz wieksze armaty ;)
Ostro, wyraznie. Soczysta zielen...
Brawo!

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  • tjasa Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 101 W: 0 N: 84] (645)
  • [2006-07-18 16:03]

Hy Norbert!
Very interesting picture! I like a lot of green collour! Also nice details on grasshopper, specially on legs!
Well done!
Tjaša

Excellent capture,with excellent detail and colour...Nice bg too...
A job well done...

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  • chiliu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1552 W: 0 N: 1165] (6442)
  • [2006-07-19 22:48]

Hi Norbert,
Very nice macro! Excellent details and colours, great POV and well composed.
Thanks for sharing!

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 478 W: 0 N: 872] (2752)
  • [2006-07-21 21:07]

Hi Norbert.
very nice macro, goos colors tones and details, excellent sharpness and composition,good note.

Saludos...RICARDO.

Hello Norbert,
clear and sharp image of this smart looking grasshopper in his green microcosmos. Looks very appealing and telling!
Thank you, and best regards,
Peter

Hello Norbert!
Wow! i'm impressed of the spot on sharpness on the grasshopper especially on its face. Great details and wonderful bg. pov is true, only i don't know if you could eliminate that stalk on the fg. Great shot of this g'hopper!
Ersin

Very nice exposure that shows fantastic colors and the details are tack sharp. Well done Norbert. :)

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-07-28 6:43]

Hello Norbert,
very nice shot, good POV to study the details of this hopper. The sharpness and colors are wonderful. Very nice DOF and very well composed.
TFs..Sky

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7745)
  • [2006-07-30 5:07]

Hi Norbert
Good colours, light, sharpnes and POV.
Well done

osse

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2006-08-03 16:50]

No hay mucho que agregar a lo que ya comentaron y criticaron mis colegas Norbert.... una gran captura con perfecto POV y DOF, con colores naturales y una agudeza perfecta.
Felicitaciones y saludos... Ricardo

There is no much to add to which already commented and criticized my colleagues Norbert... a great capture with perfect POV and DOF, natural colors and a perfect sharpness. Congratulations and greetings... Ricardo

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1330 W: 107 N: 4802] (21322)
  • [2006-08-30 21:33]

Norbert you're a master of the macro, it's so sharp and clear ! Thanks for sharing it !

Mario

Well done, Norbert.
The sharp part is very sharp and is situated where it should be situated. The shallow depth of field isolated your Omocestus viridulus very well.
TFS
Annick

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