Oak Bush-Cricket

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-09-16 8:40]

Hello Alain,
beautiful close and very well composed. POV, colors and light are wonderful. Very nice sharpness and wonderful details.
TFS..Sky

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• RAP (7405)
• [2006-09-16 8:58]

Un DOF muy apretado que sólo deja el cuerpo del insecto en foco, desenfocando las patas y antenas suavemente.
Excelente composición amigo mío con tonos agradables y un fondo muy bien logrado.
La nitidez en los ojos tan pequeños es asombrosa...me gusta.
Saludos... Ricardo

A very tight DOF that allows only the body of the insect in focus, unfocused the paws and antennas smoothly.
Excellent composition my friend with pleasant tones and a background very well achieved.
The sharpness in the so small eyes is astonishing... I like it.
Regards... Ricardo

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• uleko (23564)
• [2006-09-16 9:13]

Very nice shot! This is how you see them, hiding in the greenery and you have not cut off his long antennae which is easy to do! Excellent composition, very sharp and good colours.
TFS, Ulla

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• thor68 (4597)
• [2006-09-16 9:24]

excellent green-on-green shot, alan! :-)
superb composition with wonderful colors and great sharpness,
just the big blurry leaf on the right is slightly distracting.
terrific job & take care, thorsten.

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• vanderschelden (26614)
• [2006-09-16 9:44]

Alan,
Good capture. Focus is on the insect.
Compo is well done ...
TFS
Annick

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• Hay_kes (3434)
• [2006-09-16 11:39]

Hi Alan,
Beautiful pictures and excellent macro. The colors and forms are great.
Very good work!
Congratulations

hAyAti

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• mbasil (3059)
• [2006-09-16 13:59]

Beauty Alan. Well composed. Classic liquidsunshine soft light and subdued colors. IMHO the top left has more contrast and draws my eye away from the subject, so a crop, dodge, contrast reduction, whatever, might help keep the viewers' eyes on the cricket.
Mike

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• wishnugaruda (13860)
• [2006-09-16 14:38]

Hi Alan,
normaly I don't like those hoppers - but this arrangement is wonderful. So sharp and with wonderful light. In Italy when I walked in a flower-field there were hundreds of hoppers - it wasn't funny to walk there, brrrr.
Thanks for your shot, it's wonderful
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-09-16 14:42]

Hello Alan,
Very nice close up.Details are crisp clear and razorsharp,ewposure is spot on.I liked POV,cross framing and composition a lot.
TFS...:-)

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• horia (12474)
• [2006-09-16 16:47]

Hi Alan

This little guy looks cute:) He blends in his surrounding perfectly!
The pictueris great! I love the DOF - although shallow, it really spot on. Also great are the POV, light and colors. Excellent framing and composition, as well.
Very well done!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• Hil (4839)
• [2006-09-16 19:30]

Hi Alan,

Great close up shot, superb composition and POV, the detail is excellent and all the different green shades are perfect. I am getting to really love Crickets and Grasshoppers they ahve so much character.

TFS Hilary :o)

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• Luis52 (10144)
• [2006-09-16 19:32]

Alan.- Bella foto de este Saltamontes, el color verde y su cola son muy bonitos. Luis52.

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• Janice (17468)
• [2006-09-16 23:04]

She can certainly hide among the greenery here. Good composition Alan, she's not 100% sharp, but she shows off well, the details are clear to see. TFS
Janice

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• jossim (11878)
• [2006-09-17 7:45]

Bonjour Alan!

Bravo pour cette belle présentation.Les couleurs sont justes et la netteté parfaite.

Merci!
joseph

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• hester (10944)
• [2006-09-17 13:14]

Wonderful details and superb colours.

PT all out today

Karan

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• coasties (27512)
• [2006-09-18 1:07]

Hi Alan

He looks like he was well hidden. Almost looks like a leaf. Good work on seeing this little guy and great camera work. TFS.

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• pablominto (15476)
• [2006-09-18 2:07]

Hello Alan,
Your green little friend gives a fine pose here!
You capture him very well, and present the result in a fine composition...
Good lines, fine colours and details!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• wallhalla15 (13787)
• [2006-09-18 3:19]

Good Morning Alan,
this is a very nice marco shot. Excellent sharpness, great colours and excellent framing. This is an excellent composition my friend. Thank you! I wish you a great week.
Gr.
Heinz

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• jcoowanitwong (11461)
• [2006-09-18 4:15]

Hello Alan,
Sharp and crisp clear image. Very nice composition and pov. Well done and TFS. Regards,
JC

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• marmottelolo (14467)
• [2006-09-18 6:24]

hi alan
une bonne netteté et de belles couleurs,manque peu etre un peu de contraste mais mon ecran est peu etre pas super bien reglé.
laurent

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• valy67 (5276)
• [2006-09-18 6:50]

Hello Alan !
Wondeful shot if a beautiful insect ! I love everything here : the colors, the composition, the POV, the DOF... The details and textures on the grasshopper are amazingm so beautiful ! Very well done !
Valerie.

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• TAZ (10918)
• [2006-09-18 12:40]

Nice "sauterelle" in a pleasant environment. The composition works well and the sharpness is good on the insect. I like also the soft colors. Useful note.
Bravo my friend.

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• ramthakur (25076)
• [2006-09-18 14:58]

Very sharp and clear image of this apparently small creature. The colour appears to me to be quite natural.
Your well written note gives a lucid picture of this insect's life.
Thanks for sharing it.

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• arfer (0)
• [2006-09-18 21:47]

Hello Alan

A very nice shot of this cricket.I hear it is good luck to have a cricket in the house.Great DOF and POV.A nice composition with sharp details.TFS

Rob

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• elefantino (13731)
• [2006-09-19 4:13]

Hello Alan, great sharpness in this small cricket.
Lovely compo, details and usefull notes.

Andrea

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• claudine (9875)
• [2006-09-19 6:59]

Hi Alan,
Wow! I like this composition and details. This is an excellent macro and I like also the fact that it is really green on green but we can cleary see the insect. Well done and TFS,
Claudine

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• markula (870)
• [2006-09-21 19:59]

Hello Alan!
Looking at the leaf of the plant supporting the cricket one can tell easily how narrow DOF is in a shot like this. Yet, you nailed the focus right where it's supposed to be and thanks to large aperture blurred the leaf directly behind the subject's head. Good job. Congratulations,
Mark

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• Juyona (13275)
• [2006-09-22 15:37]

Hola Alan, delicados tonos y perfecta compo, saludos Victor.

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• CTP (3183)
• [2006-09-23 0:48]

Hi Alan,
Excellent cricket close-up my friend.
I like your dof,bg,frame,note,focus,sharpness and colors.TFS
Chris

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• izler (7898)
• [2006-09-23 6:14]

hi alan
interesting insect and well close up photo. point of view, colours, light and details especially on eyes are great. thanks for sharing
greetings
izler

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• Graal (5002)
• [2006-09-24 4:56]

Hi Alan,
good macro, nice colours and fine sharpness. Interesting note also. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

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• flagman (2381)
• [2006-09-25 11:15]
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Really superb macro, Alan. Lovely composition, muted colours and excellent sharpness.
DOF is very pleasing as well. Quite deep considering the aperture.
Were you at whipsnace on Saturday (23rd) by any chance? I saw someone with what looked like a 20D but with a canon 70-200 2.8 as well as a long sigma. Looked a bit like you :)
Andy

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• edal (1837)
• [2006-09-25 14:42]

Hi Alan!
A perfect macro of this cricket. Well situated on the plant. Vivid colours.
Anton

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• loot (9137)
• [2006-09-27 21:07]

Hi Alan
This is a great macro of the lovely cricket with amazing detail throughout its body where it matters. Excellent sharpness gives us a good view of this critters body markings and features.
The composition is perfect and the POV placed the insect nicely on the diagonal line. The colours are splendid, the shallow DOF rendered the BG well OOF, and the exposure was perfectly managed. Even with the fill-in flash you managed to capture some very soft light on the subject.
Very good work and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• marhowie (34555)
• [2006-10-08 9:59]

Hello Alan,
Very well done with an artistic flair that puts this one a cut above :)
Sharpness, detail, DOF, color, exposure...it's all good ;)
Excellent!

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• cedryk (5022)
• [2006-10-11 20:38]

Hello Alain,
Very nice use of light. Interesting POV and composition. I know this species very well. It comes to my room from the nearby trees every summer.
Best greetings,
Michal