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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Sony DSC-H1
Location: Everglades National Park
Date: Nov 15, 2008
Aperture: 4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2009

He was a patient model! :)

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Place: 900 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 4.9940
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 4.9716
Avg (non-participants): 5.1233
Views since voting: 733
Views during voting: 645
Votes: 496
Comments: 47
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:54:23 PM
very well done! Love the background
03/17/2009 12:24:05 PM
Wow, that's a big one. A little closer for a sharper macro might have made this pop a bit more.
03/17/2009 11:47:05 AM
Crickey mate! That's a big hopper.
03/17/2009 08:43:41 AM
The focus is on the hand instead of the grasshopper
03/17/2009 05:02:44 AM
Nice capture! I think I would have liked the bottom and left side cropped a little bit more, but you did a great job with the colors and subject capture.
03/17/2009 01:21:11 AM
I think you have a stowaway :)

Good colour in the sky.
03/16/2009 04:47:04 PM
It seems like the grasshopper's body is not as sharp as the hand. I wonder if a slightly larger depth of field (or manual focus) would have nailed it? Appealing photo anyway. Man, that is one big grasshopper!
03/16/2009 01:55:13 PM
cool shot! i like the angle, its unusual for a grasshopper shot
03/16/2009 05:48:10 AM
good capture but does not provide must interest
03/15/2009 03:07:13 PM
I might have cropped this a bit tighter
03/15/2009 02:40:31 PM
Good shot. Not sure how many chances to get this shot so nice capture.
03/15/2009 11:58:29 AM
That's pretty cool. Shows how big the grasshopper is.
03/15/2009 11:21:58 AM
pretty cool capture, he doesn;t seem to mind having his picture taken
03/15/2009 05:56:30 AM
ee why with the hand? :D


cheers,brano
03/15/2009 02:27:55 AM
Cute grasshopper! Nice details.
03/14/2009 07:44:07 PM
Very cool. Would like less hand in the image though, more sky.
03/14/2009 07:21:09 PM
Bug is fine sky is over.
03/14/2009 01:24:02 PM
Wow, he really posed quite nicely.
03/14/2009 12:20:47 PM
interesting perspective giving a nice sense of scale. 6
03/14/2009 10:16:56 AM
excellent focus, very good colors
03/14/2009 09:07:49 AM
Nice catch!
03/14/2009 01:29:27 AM
Can I keep him, mom? Can I? Huh, huh?! Pleeeeeeeeze? I promise to walk him an' feed him an' change his little box every day!
03/14/2009 12:07:58 AM
A pleasant summer day diversion.
03/13/2009 02:08:29 PM
Is that a locust? Or just one heck of a grasshopper? Oddly engaging composition: the sky and fields, and the hand floating above an open road that curves away towards the clouds. Nice.
03/13/2009 01:36:11 PM
i would have been way too squeamish to take a shot like this. congrats on an awesome capture.
03/13/2009 01:04:21 PM
A tighter focus or crop might make this image stand out more.
03/13/2009 12:33:03 PM
This is blurry and the colors seem rather flat.. Maybe bringing the hand down a little and showing more of the sky would have been better.
03/13/2009 11:54:54 AM
Interesting capture! Very nicely done. 8
03/13/2009 11:12:22 AM
interesting perspective
03/13/2009 11:10:09 AM
wow, this is different
03/13/2009 10:01:26 AM
Great close up shot, I like the hand for a good size comparison
03/13/2009 05:01:58 AM
I like the contrast against the sky.
03/12/2009 09:35:35 PM
WOW
03/12/2009 05:31:59 PM
great capture
03/12/2009 03:40:44 PM
Curious approach to the bug shot, but gives me a sense of adventure and discovery
03/12/2009 11:05:14 AM
a little too central composition, plus there is too much hand which takes the focus away from the bug.
03/12/2009 08:45:16 AM
Wow it looks pretty big! hahah. Wouldnt want it on my hand. Nice colors and detail and subject.
03/12/2009 07:26:44 AM
Cool bug. Good perspective.
03/12/2009 04:10:16 AM
nice detail in the grasshopper
03/12/2009 01:32:34 AM
Very nice close up, makes me wonder if the bug is real.
03/11/2009 09:41:02 PM
Reminds me of catching grasshoppers as a kid.
03/11/2009 06:53:33 PM
Wow. That is a big grasshopper!
03/11/2009 02:34:52 PM
Whoever was holding this bugger was brave! I have seen some of them have a tendency to bite!
03/11/2009 10:35:57 AM
cool
03/11/2009 06:39:55 AM
Very good comp for what it is.
03/11/2009 03:41:21 AM
Whatch out for you finger, he looks hungry!
03/11/2009 02:09:48 AM
Nice colors!


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