Here's Lookin' at You Kid by olivetreeann

Here's Lookin' at You Kid

Went out to try and capture a shot of the Red Shouldered Hawk who was sitting on the neighbor's swing set- epic fail!! But managed to discover another winged creature visiting my back yard today. He (and there were two pictures to show you the difference in my bug book) is a Fork-tailed Bush Katydid.
Definitely not a Red Tailed Hawk. Hee hee Katydids have the cutest googly eyes! Love them!
July 16th, 2013  
Cool! Great colour. Wonderful close up. Great texture too. Nice job.
July 16th, 2013  
@espyetta I knew you'd like this one!
@netkonnexion Thanks Damon! This little fellow proved also to be helpful in the "ratio" department. I knew exactly how many I took today (combined with my main album) and how many I kept. Now I just have to do the math!
July 16th, 2013  
cool bug
July 16th, 2013  
@twr Thanks Timothy! Yes, and a pretty patient one too since he waited so nicely while I made sure the camera was focused!
July 16th, 2013  
Cool
July 16th, 2013  
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
July 16th, 2013  
Nice capture. I haven't seen any of these this year.
July 16th, 2013  
great catch
July 16th, 2013  
Amazing colours & what a catch!
July 16th, 2013  
Well done! Great colors in this shot.
July 16th, 2013  
Beautiful shot and detail.
July 16th, 2013  
What a funny face! You captured him well.
July 16th, 2013  
Great find! I like it when something else comes along!
July 16th, 2013  
such a cool, clear shot
July 16th, 2013  
Such a vibrant colour, well spotted!
July 16th, 2013  
great capture, may have been better than the hawk shot!
July 16th, 2013  
Great shot. I find these katydids difficult to shoot for some reason.
July 17th, 2013  
@digitalrn Thanks Rick- this was my first one!
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian!
@filsie65 Thanks Phil!
@taffy Thanks Taffy!
@sangwann Thank you Dione!
@roejan Thanks Roe Jan!
@mrssmith203 Thank you Carla!
@sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry!
@salza Thank you Sally!

Thanks for all the comments on the color- it's all him and he was easy to see since he was such a bright green.

@mhatch Thank you Mark- well, I don't know about better, but maybe just as good?
@daisy Thanks Kathryn! They are tricky. I knew he was a bit skittish because my at first attempt to take his picture he jumped right away. But it worked to my advantage as this is where he landed and it was a better background. I just moved very slowly and tried to take as many as I could. I couldn't use the rapid fire setting because it wouldn't take a macro that way so I was really pleased when I ended up with 2 good shots out of the 50 or so that I took!
July 17th, 2013  
Bev
Great shot, Ann! :) Love that color! He looks like he's glowing!! Looks like a giant grasshopper! Love the framing too. Nice find! Job well done! :)
July 18th, 2013  
@prttblues Thanks Bev! It's the first time I've photographed a katydid. He and his friends have been singing up a storm each night now.
July 19th, 2013  
Cool, such a vibrant green
July 19th, 2013  
@nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole- yes I was pretty impressed with how vibrant he was.
July 20th, 2013  
Very nice shot.
July 26th, 2013  
@vesna0210 Thank you Vesna! He's not much different looking from your shot!
July 27th, 2013  
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