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One morning at my favorite garden I was concentrating on a pink rosebud in the shade when I suddenly became aware of this camouflaged, armored, rather large and prehistoric-looking character clinging to my subject’s stem! He watched me but didn’t budge as I grabbed a few images – and then I ran him off with a twig. I figured he had destruction on his mind, and I meant to save the rosebud. :) (Olympus E-5 & Zuiko 50mm macro, f/7.1, 1/100 sec., ISO 1000, shade, handheld) Texture courtesy of Shadowhouse Creations.
Top 10 in “Animals in little light” challenge in Muted group (December 2012)
Featured in Muted (30 November 2012)
Featured in THE GROUP (19 November 2012)
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Big guy indeed,great capture Celeste.
Thank you, Julie, glad you like it!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Brilliant! Great tones on this!
Thanks very much, Maisie!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Excellent shot of the rosebud predator!
Thank you, Bette! He looked as if he might have been capable of eating the entire rosebush.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Prehistoric is right! Only you could make this guy look rather handsome. I think I’ve seen these things, they’re very very odd looking like some alien from outer space. The light, and your skill!, really brings out the gold tones in this fellow. He really is hanging on there for dear life, isn’t he? He doesn’t know how lucky he is to be in your stream – and look so good!
Thanks very much for the wonderful comment and fave, Katherine! I see these huge grasshoppers every once in a while, and they always make my skin crawl. Regardless, I have to attempt a portrait or two. For this one, adding the dark texture helped to emphasize the insect’s coloring (texture was masked away from the face and part of the thorax).
– Celeste Mookherjee
cool shot
Thank you very much!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Nice catch and treatment
Thanks very much, Hans, glad you like it.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Awesome macro and textures!
Thank you very much, Angie, for your enthusiastic comment and fave!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Awesome shot Celeste, very fine details!
Thanks very much, Felix! I appreciate your compliment and fave.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Awesome work.
Thank you, Joy – and for the fave as well!
– Celeste Mookherjee