Someone's Watching Me (enlarge)

Another Hot and Humid Day, Jim was out back tending to the garden

while I enjoyed the cool of the house. While pausing to have a cool

drink on the deck he saw this fellow on one of the Curtains of the

Gazebo. He quickly ran in the house announcing his 'find'! - knowing

full well I'd come rushing out with my Camera. It was extremely

bright, and hot, but 'he' stayed just long enough for me to get a few

captures. I loved the brilliant green and gold markings on his back.

I've added a few layers as the curtain when using the Macro lens is

quite ugly. The layers do not really interfere with the main part of the

Cicada that I was wanting you to see. (Thankyou for your visit, most

appreciated, Gail)

Hi Gail, I enjoyed your story of the photo as well as the photo, It is also nice to see your work on PN. we have not connected in some time. I have also recently posted some northern Minnesota winter landscapes. take care  and I look forward to seeing more of your work again.

Gail,

  Wonderful capture with great colors & details.  Take care, Patsy

Fantastic!!

VERY NICE (6)

Tac sharp focus on eye has made the image along with the diagonal composition.

My best regards.

Kallol

Many thanks for your visit and support, truly appreciated.

Warmest regards, Gail

Tony,

Many thanks for your visit and critique, so nice to hear from you.

Kindest regards, Gail

Hi Gail,

Your interesting story reminds me of most days in South Florida ! Not only found in homes, but restaurants, stores, cars, etc.....they are everywhere !

I like your close up shot at F/2.8. The DOF is limited, but that is ok because the head/eye are the main subject.

If you wanted to increase the DOF, you could try different shooting angles and positions, especially moving back to increase the working distance. However, this is not always physically possible or the subject is not always cooperative either.

I cropped you image to see what I could develop around the head region. I adjusted levels, color balance and sharpness levels a bit.

Best Regards,  Mike

Thanks for the advice Mike, I had thought of cropping the image smaller because of my 'main focus area' but decided to go with the larger shot. But after seeing your crop, perhaps I should have gone with cropping. Thanks so much for taking the time to see if you could improve on the shot.

I have a few other images but this one was the most 'in focus' around the eye area.

Thanks again,

Gail

Many thanks for your thoughts on this image. Truly appreciate your stopping by.

Best regards, Gail

Thankyou Alberto for your visit and input. I always enjoy hearing from you Alberto!

Kindest regards, Gail

Thankyou for those kind remarks Patsy, truly appreciate your thoughts, warm regards, Gail

Your visit is most welcome. I'm always glad to hear from you, and to see your new posts. Your winters are truly 'snowy' ones and you manage to capture some of the most interesting images.

Cheers for now, Gail

Interesting looks and structures both on the moth and on the "canvas"/background making it look like old painting - with matching colors...  

Good work - br Hannu

Ah-hah, Gail, you're turning the the tale and now a human is prodding the "alien". Do you think he'll go back and tell his neighbors and relate how a great presence came out of the sky and scoped him before finally letting him go. All his little insect friends will laugh at him and say "ol' Fred has really gone buggy this time". By the way, you're getting pretty accomplished using your macro lens.

Now be a 'good boy' and put down that 'saki' (probably spelled that one wrong). Oh, the shame of it all, to think - you'd think I'd 'prod' poor ol' Fred here, well, it just isn't right!!!! I would never want any member of the Insect world, especially "his kind" to hold him in disrespect thinking a 'human' used him for some 'wacko' experimentation.

Then again perhaps they have a much more developed brain than I do...not too far fetched really!!!!  I wouldn't want to make these guys angry...they are pretty big! Sure wouldn't want to be walking in the yard and have one fly into my 'eye' while I was searching for something interesting to photograph! That would hurt just a bit too much!

Love your sense of humour! One day I have to buy a Tripod so I can get better macros of insects. Hand holding is OK to a degree, but I'd like to get the best use of my lens, especially when an insect stays put long enough to get things  set up.

Thankyou for your visit and of course that chuckle Jack. Cheers for now,

Gail

Thankyou for that fine remark, very encouraging!  This actually is a Cicada, they make a really loud noise, almost like a buzzing sound but much more defined. You'd think it was a Monster for how loud it is. But this fellow I'd say was about 2 1/2 inches long.

Amazing creatures. More prevalent in warmer climates, but our summers get very humid and with the humidity this past summer, got into the low 40's.

Thanks so much for your visit and input Hannu,

Warms regards, Gail