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Break Time
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Copyright: Ron Warner (tuslaw) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 200 W: 7 N: 494] (1569)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-29
Categories: Flowers
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/125 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-30 6:15
Viewed: 247
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This grasshopper seems to be taking a little break as he rests his head against the petals of a Birdsfoot Trefoil flower. With antenna the size of his, I believe I would need a break too.

On our recent trip up to western New York we noticed these tiny yellow flowering plants which seemed to be growing everywhere you looked. The highway medians were covered in some areas as we traveled along interstate 90.

I was finally able to get a shot of these beautiful little flowers when we pulled over for lunch at a McDonalds. Some were turning a little orange as they aged, but most were this bright yellow color.
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Hi Ron,

A nice clear shot of this grasshopper on the pretty yellow flowers. Those antennae look a mile long - good job gettting them in the frame. I like seeing the buds below the opened flower. Lucky you made that stop at McDonalds!

Jane

Wow, look at the size of those antenna - it's almost like Pinocchio's nose...wonder if this grasshopper has been telling fibs?

I love that I can also see his eye - and speaking of eye, yours must be sharp. I love how he is almost cradled by this flower. Wonderful POV. Good thing you were hungry! Composition is great as well as your notes.

I note a small 'chunk' of petal gone..wondering if that WAS its lunch:-) Very nice saturation and complimenting colours Ron.
Bob

Hi Ron,

Excellent shot of both the flower and insect. The flower is becoming a ubiquitous species in the Midwest, it seems. Not too aggressive a weed so far, but very common now. I saw it for the first time back in the late 1970's when it was just beginning to appear around here, thought I had found some rare wildflower.

The insect is actually a Katydid, the antennae that are much longer than the body indicate that, grasshoppers have short antennae, much shorter than the length of their bodies. Looks like some sort of Meadow Katydid nymph, the lack of wings indicates it's a nymph and not an adult. There is a species of Katydid with adults that are almost wingless, but they are south of your area.

Thanks,
John

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