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Leaf-mimicking Katydid

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted December 3, 201053 views4 comments

Canon Rebel XSi
Tamron 180mm Macro
On-board Flash
1/80 sec
f/18
ISO 800
Handheld, man. focus, man. exposure

On a recent trip to Costa Rica I was fascinated with the diversity in Katydids! I found this one hiking up a mountain trail in Monteverde, and it was quite cooperative.

All C&C welcome of course

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Kyle

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on December 4, 2010 at 1:42 AM

Kyle:
Not seen one of these before - sure looks like a leaf. The image is sharp where is counts but the image overall is a little dark and may benefit for a little fill lighting.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on December 4, 2010 at 12:49 PM

Kyle,
very interesting critter I never seen before. Nice image.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on December 7, 2010 at 3:19 AM

Very good Eye i must say Kyle, as Gary said a bit of fill light will help also u can tone down the bright spot in URC it's a bit of a distraction

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on December 8, 2010 at 3:06 PM

Interesting disguires. Nicely captured.
May

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