Leaf Insect

A Leaf Insect

Photographed at Arnold and District Camera Club

Edited in DarkTable, added a little vignette to draw the eye into insect

Nice eh >

[Margo]

What an amazing creature. Great disguise FAV

[Phil Howcroft]

@777margo margo thank you very much for your comment and of course the FAVE :)

[Maggiemae]

How very interesting - never seen this. I expect that cattle beast would smell that he wasn't a leaf and not eat him!

[KWind]

Brilliant macro. So clear!!

[Beryl Lloyd]

A great macro -great clarity and detail . -- he is a great master of disguise .You have done a great job at this Phil lovely muted coloured background to enhance the little guy ! fav

[Lee]

What a curious creature Phil, I suppose you only see this in Nottingham now all the leaves are off the trees =)

[Hazel]

Wow - either a very good spoof or a very good genuine article!! I think it looks like a 'cactus insect'! Fav!

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. What an unusual insect! It could be very camouflaged among the foliage. Fab capture of it. My question is: "How did it find itself in the camera club?"

[Ivan]

Nice one, Phil.

[Judith Greenwood]

Oh - nice green around the outside to set it off perfectly. I'm guessing it didn't just wander in.

[Phil Howcroft]

@judithg @sangwann Judith / Haze , Marlies one of our members has a collection of insects / geckos and regularly bring then to camera club practical night ! The background is a card with a fuzzy green brown bokeh printed onto it. The log is a log :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@ivan cheers ivan

@sangwann dione, the insect came along with several others in the back of Marlies's car and went home with her too

@gamelee Lots of leaf insects in Arnold Lee :)


@beryl thanks beryl , the background is false,,,, a printed card :)

@kwind thank you , shot with a 50mm lens too rather than a special macro lens :)

@maggiemae cheers maggie, it was easy to photograph as it hardly moved

[Loopy-Lou]

Amazing insect, fabulous macro.