Marks Wasted Time: Grasshopper

Monday, July 11, 2011

Grasshopper

ISO1250, 105mm, 1/200s, f/11, -2/3ev, noise reduction, levels

Amazing detail and texture in this grasshoppers carapace and wings.

Usually jumpy little things, but you can find the odd one whos curiosity overcomes

it's desire to flea.

4 comments:

John said...: Nice shot Mark; 10:23 am
Dave F Barker said...: Fab grasshopper shot, lovely details, what lens did you use please

Dave; 10:37 am
Mark said...: Cheers. Credit goes to the grasshopper for braving it out while I loomed over him!

Lens is my old trusty, Sigma 105mm DG.; 1:02 pm
Dave F Barker said...: Thanks Mark,

I have a Sigma 105 and love it fab sharp lens; 5:16 pm

Whos wasted time?

My name is Mark Coombes, I live in the South of England, near the City of Bath. I'm 42 and have a deep passion for all things photographic. I always had some artistic talent, but never had the patience for most art forms, so digital photography suits me down to the ground.

I was given a Canon 1000F for my 18th birthday with some old Sigma lenses, but really only got serious in 2006 when I bought a 350D. My equipment went from 17-85mm, 100-300mm IS and Sigma 105mm Macro, to a 16-35mm II L and 100-400mm L thanks to some serious saving and in 2010 I upgraded to a Canon 50D, before finally investing in a Canon 5D mark III in 2013. Since then I've added various flashes, flash modifiers, filters, polarisers, tripods and a Canon 135mm f/2 lens.

I tend to photograph anything and everything that I find photogenic, combined with my passion for adventure and exploration most of my photos are happy coincidences, rather than the odd planned or staged effort. If I was to pick one specific area to specialise in it would be wildlife photography, especially now I'm getting out for less sunrise landscapes. Only time will tell where it leads and if anything productive ever comes out of it, or if I am just wasting time..