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Painted Grasshopper
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Painted Grasshopper

by Balan Vinod

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 29, 2014103 views7 comments
Not much of creative work, just tried out a friends tamron 90


7D, Tam 90 VR, hand held, 100 Iso, 4.5, 1/320, few inches off the ground, early morning light, bg is the red soil, and some oof wild flowers which has created the white patches.

Thanks NPN for your support

Balan Vinod

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on June 29, 2014 at 1:32 PM
I like the light and the composition.
D&L
Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments
Comment posted by Carol Hyman on June 29, 2014 at 8:43 PM
Fine bokeh and interesting earth tones.

Carol
Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on June 29, 2014 at 9:57 PM
Excellent image of an usual insect, at least for me, Balan. Beautiful bg to set off the subject. Good detail and great color. You might want get your own Tamron 90 with results like this. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 1, 2014 at 6:17 PM
Nicely done Balan!.......................Jim
Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 1, 2014 at 9:26 PM
Very cool looking hopper Balan.
No nits from me, well done!
Tamron makes a great macro lens, you should have your own man :wink:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Yun Gao on July 1, 2014 at 11:23 PM
Very nice, Balan. I like the color palette.
Registered on September 11, 2012, 267 Posts, 1621 Comments
Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on July 20, 2014 at 1:41 PM
Browsing through the macro gallery, I picked out a photo and hey…it's one of Balan's :wink: - so much for surprises :wink: - good shot and yes, just get the Tamron…any reason why not?? :wavey:
Grt, Ingrid.
Registered on August 2, 2010, 138 Posts, 780 Comments