more about where

Even as nighttime temperatures have dropped to freezing I am still

able to find these little creatures or they me. Maybe we just

hang-out in the same places.

Comments and critique welcome.

Wayne,

  Great capture with wonderful details & background.  Take care, Patsy

Hi Wayne,

I like the "mood" established here. A nice Artistic work.

However, using a circular polarizer with a macro lens set to F/6.3 just does not do justice for the  camera/lens used to obtain the best degree of  image quality possible.

 Best Regards my friend, Mike

Thanks, Patsy. My little friends had not froze.

Thanks, Mike. I have learned not to put glass in front of this great lens particularly for macros, but conditions were such that I feared harming the polarizer taking it off the camera where I was. You may have convinced me of the detail resolving power of shooting wide open, but I was after something else here - a kind of play between the resolved and unresolved down where the grasshopper lives.

A beautiful result, very nicely composed too, Wayne!

Thanks, Ruud.  Your kind comment about composition is particularly appreciated.

Wayne ! very nice work-nice composition-lighting best regards janegbert

Thanks, Janegbert, for taking the time to make your kind comment.