Taking shelter

[QuietOne]

Okay, I'm amazed I got anything at all. I spotted this little guy Monday. It was raining; the thunder had just stopped a few minutes before. The drops were still big enough to move the flowers, it was windy, and with the cloud cover, it was dark. But I put that closeup filter on, cranked up the ISO, and tried anyway. Out of a dozen or so shots, these were the clearest.

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[Bambi]

neat capture!

[Marko]

I really like the angle on that second shot.

[Matt K.]

Cool stuff. Wonderful yellows.

[Hillbillygirl]

Really like that second shot QO. Quite sharp, especially with high ISO, and less than favourable conditions. Very well executed.

[QuietOne]

Thank you. The colors do work, though I may take a second pass at these. The grasshopper was a brighter, cooler green, which is why I spotted it to begin with. I'm still fiddling with processing settings. But I'm glad to have pulled anything out of the shots I took.

[edG]

very cool

[QuietOne]

Thanks, edG.