Photography
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(149,297 posts)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)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.
Ohiogal
(31,658 posts)Great job!
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)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.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)But thats a cool photograph.
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)bug lover. Or flower lover. Or sunset lover. Or . . .
Present the everyday as extraordinary.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)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. Im 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)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.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Run!
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)MichaelSoE
(1,575 posts)and a fine photo