Chorthippus brunneus

• Padraig

  Participant

  August 21, 2013 at 8:47 pm

  Or the Common Field Grasshopper

  
  miki g

  Participant

  August 22, 2013 at 6:56 am

  Super capture Padraig. Well done
  Seaview

  Participant

  August 22, 2013 at 7:15 am

  Excellent shot, did you use a ring flash to capture this image.

  Dave.
  adrianmatthews

  Participant

  August 22, 2013 at 12:18 pm

  How did you get that close to him….. great shot.
  Depth of field is perfect, detail is excellent.

  Adrian
  Anonymous

  Participant

  August 22, 2013 at 5:30 pm

  Stunning shot & beautiful detail.
  Padraig

  Participant

  August 22, 2013 at 6:37 pm

  Thanks for the comments. No flash used Dave. It was late in the evening and they seemed to be a little slower than usual. This fellow was on the stem of some Devils Bit Scabious and he let me get right up close. Stayed like that for about 2 mins. Upped the ISO to 800 and managed a shutter speed of just 1/20th at F8. Used live view to focus.
  peewee3ie

  Member

  August 23, 2013 at 12:29 am

  Padraig,

  I love this shot very much. I have not see one of them in a while.
  jodal1975

  Participant

  August 23, 2013 at 6:36 am

  Great shot … So much detail… You were lucky he was such a willing model ! :-)
  Padraig

  Participant

  August 23, 2013 at 8:55 am

  Thanks. They’re not as common as they used to be. You have to look for them n areas of untouched grassland. This one was on an old railway embankment.