Horse Head Grass Hopper

vividimagesuk2009vividimagesuk2009 Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
edited June 10, 2009 in Holy Macro
When nature makes you laugh, its hard to get the shot, hope this puts a smile on peoples faces, as much as it did mine.

Horse Head Grass Hopper (Proscopia luceomaculata)

Shot using a Sigma 150mm Macro + 1.4tc + 68mm extension tubes.
Light provide by the Nikon R1 macro kit.

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  • JustPlainMeJustPlainMe Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2009
    Nice shot, great background contrast----it made me laugh, very much!
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  • IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2009
    ROFLMAO...

    Apart from the fact it's a superb shot, that thing is hilarious looking :D
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 9, 2009
    Wonderful capture- they are so weird looking :)
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  • amg2833amg2833 Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited June 9, 2009
    Strange little guy, that's for sure! rolleyes1.gif
    Nice shot.
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2009
    Wow it looks like an Alien clap.gif
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  • mehampsonmehampson Registered Users Posts: 137 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2009
    Hah! That's great. It really looks like a studio head-shot of something human-sized.
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  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2009
    mehampson wrote:
    Hah! That's great. It really looks like a studio head-shot of something human-sized.

    A great shot. Well done.
    Regards
    Bob
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