Two Katydids in One Day
Betty Rembert – Scudder’s Bush Katydid Nymph
Betty has been active in the ACC since its beginning some four years ago but not as a photographer. A year and a half ago she could resist no longer and picked up a camera to give it a try. Rarely has a day passed since when she didn’t head out for a shoot, concentrating on landscape and local scenes. Lately she has discovered the joy of macro work and the fascinating creatures that can be found everywhere. The two images below were captured in her small garden just a few feet from home. It was a cloudy day, perfect for this type of shot, with even a very light rain falling for the first image. She believes this colorful creature to be a Scudder’s Bush Katydid in an earlier nymph stage(experts out there are free to confirm or deny this). The rain enhanced the colors to a ceramic glow and the perfectly round, reflecting water drops add a prehistoric feel. The head reminds one of a horse on a merry-go-round.
The image below is the same katydid but at a later, mature stage.
Both images are well framed, with sharp focus where it matters. The surrounding blossoms, leaves and soft backgrounds do not detract from the main subject.Both were captured using a tripod with a Canon 5D and a 100mm macro lens. Left click each image for a closer, more detailed look.
The first image is so crisp that you can nearly feel the detail of its outer shell and the droplets are perfection. Well done Betty !
How beautiful Sis….only u could capture even the Angel dew drop…So real…
Absolutely beautiful! Well done!
Thanks George for bringing memories back from a comatose state! Some of us still like Merry-Go-Rounds! Does that mean we might still be kids?? What a friend and I used to like doing was going on the Merry-Go-Round that had no horses to cling to, just a simply bar here and there and otherwise flat and about three feet off the ground.
When we saw some girls going round and round enjoying themselves, we would get on board and spin it faster and faster, cranking it up to study the effects of centrifugal forces and watching all the sweet things fall onto the ground with a series of dull thuds!
Those were the days ……..
Replying to Steve’s question, a merry-go-round is what we as kids called a carousel, the rather tame ride at every state fair. There’s even a museum dedicated to the carousel: http://www.merrygoroundmuseum.org/
Fascinating! They are so sharp and colorful…. I am not a fan of hoppy things and admire your patience for shooting them!
Very nice Betty! I love that you were able to capture the development of the katydid and the water droplets.
George, what’s a merry-go-round?
Way to go Betty. I want to come photo with you. You are getting some great shots!
Wow – very cool! I love them both! Macro is such a fascinating direction to go into – and you are obviously a natural!
Cha-Cha’s per Rita. The sweet song of late summer, its players, captured. Moving towards a million after sunset, soon. They are singing now. How sweet, celebrate. Great performers. You captured the sound of September- Cha-Cha’s. pjc
Wow!!!! Betty . It’s a beautiful picture . I love second one and I like the color the first one too. The picture so sharp.
Marvelous! I love the character and personality of the second one, especially. You can tell that he (I think it’s a he?) has a wonderful sense of humour and obviously enjoys posing for female photographers, as he pretends to be unaware, while studying classified ads on a worn out leaf!
Exquisite length and curvature of the antennae, if I may say so, which help fill out the frame without adding too much weight to the space.
Lovely!!!
love this….the colors are wonderful…..