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Yet another grasshopper. (Original Post) flamin lib Sep 2020 OP
Wow, my dear flamin lib! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #1
Ah Peg, you know me well. flamin lib Sep 2020 #3
Yes, what is that fruit?? Ohiogal Sep 2020 #2
I have no clue. It was growing by the road and I found it walking my dog. flamin lib Sep 2020 #4
Can't stand those freaky little beasts. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2020 #5
Thank you. The whole point of photography is to appeal to somebody other than another flamin lib Sep 2020 #6
Your welcome! Cracklin Charlie Sep 2020 #7
It's kinda easy. A bit tedious sometimes, but easy. flamin lib Sep 2020 #8
I'm gonna stick with my method. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2020 #9
😆 whatever works !! flamin lib Sep 2020 #10
Now that is one fine lookin' hopper MichaelSoE Sep 2020 #11
Thank you. nt flamin lib Sep 2020 #12
Excellent photo! Callalily Sep 2020 #13

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,297 posts)
1. Wow, my dear flamin lib!
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 08:19 PM
Sep 2020

This is a remarkable photo. Stunning, in fact.

Did you pose your chilled grasshopper, or is this how you found him/her?

And what is the fruit?

Whatever you did, and whatever that is, it's amazing.



flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
3. Ah Peg, you know me well.
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 08:29 PM
Sep 2020

Yes he is chilled and yes I did pose him in my table top studio. As for the fruit, I dunno. It was something growing by the side of the road. The deer didn't eat it so I suspect it is possibly poison or at the very least most noxious.

This is the fourth 'hopper. The first was yellow and rather elegant if a bug can be elegant. The second was decidedly military in his dessert camo. Then came the emerald one with brown accents. Now this one with brown on brown and yellow under pinnings.

Like I said, it's Texas and it's summer. Lots'a bugs. Listening to the Cicada now as the sun sets.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
4. I have no clue. It was growing by the road and I found it walking my dog.
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 08:32 PM
Sep 2020

All I know is it has thorns like a rose and the deer didn't eat it so it must be poison or evil tasting. Possibly both.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
6. Thank you. The whole point of photography is to appeal to somebody other than another
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 08:57 PM
Sep 2020

bug lover. Or flower lover. Or sunset lover. Or . . .

Present the everyday as extraordinary.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
7. Your welcome!
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 09:10 PM
Sep 2020

Last time I took a picture of a wild critter on my back porch, that six foot black snake chased me back inside the house. I’m done.

Can I ask a question? How do you get that grasshopper to sit in front of the black background? It really shows off his colors.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
8. It's kinda easy. A bit tedious sometimes, but easy.
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 09:54 PM
Sep 2020

First I set up the 'studio' with the props so I can set the lights. The studio is a box with the front, top and one side cut away and painted black or draped in black velvet.

Then I put the insect/lizard/snake in the refrigerator for about 10-15 minutes. This slows down the cold blooded critter's metabolism. If you have an SO I highly recommend that you alert them to the snake in the 'fridge, it decreases the drama in your life.

Once the critter is sedated I place them where I want them and use toothpicks or chopsticks to move their legs and pose them. You've only got 3 minutes max to make your shots, after that they warm up and flee the scene. I've had to cycle a 'hopper through the cool down sequence as many as 5 times to get a shot I was happy with. It doesn't hurt them as the fridge is usually set to 40f which isn't deadly unless you forget and leave them in overnight

If you want a more detailed explanation of the 'studio' or the lighting pm me. I enjoy sharing information about how I do things.



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