Wow! Is that its real coloration?

I took it at the end of last year, so I'm no longer entirely positive—the original is on a hard drive in another country at the moment. I think the saturation was increased a bit, but I don't recall adjusting the hue very radically. There was a fairly wide range of coloration on those grasshoppers.

Very nice shot. I like it no matter how it was made. Those grasshopers sure are crazy looking.

Stunning

I also like the idea of a different way of cropping the picture. What if you cropped it so that the top of the picture was the very tops of the fence posts? I think that the area above that in the picture is uninteresting and the bike blends into the trees too much. The bottom part of the picture has much more interesting contrast that makes my eyes bounce around as compared to the top part of the picture which is more gray. I think the softness of the picture works well really. :) Overall it's a really nice picture I think!

I agree with Samantha That would turn a good picture into a striking one.

Hmmm...worth a try. I will crop it and resubmit it.

Laurie,

Did you resubmit this one? Nice capture.

Best,
Jon

@Jon (jvgphoto) Thanks...yes I did resubmit this in a square format which worked better.

www.vazaar.com/user:Laurie/featured/id:4566/

thanks for the comment, dontbrandme.

this shot was taken in a garden & what you see in the background is a set of out-of-focus flowers. shooting it with a Nikkor 200 macro at a wide aperture really isolates the background & lets the foreground stand out.

Awesome shot!

I REALLY love it. It's awesome.

Very clear focus. J. Kirstein

Yes...love it.

Thank you very much!

I also like that he's not looking directly at the camera. I wish both eyes were in focus, but everything else is great.

Great shot!

nice comp. i would like to see him looking at the camera too, with both eyes in focus.

an excellent and powerful portrait

Beautiful photo, nice framing, great job!

Thanks!

Almost an abstract. love it.

Oh wow I absolutely love all of your photographs on your website and this one is so nice as well!

wow. This is amazing.

great one - love the motion you captured.

Excellent way to express motion!

Great photo!

Very nicely done...soft and so detailed.

This is really beautiful, don't know what to say to improve....

This is a powerful shot, but to me shallow DOF requires an area to be quite sharply focused with the rest out of focus and I don't quite see a sharply focused part in this ... don't get me wrong I like the overall effect - i'm just not sure that it says shallow DOF to me....

I must agree with Richard.. I see no specific area that IS focused..no shallow DOF. However, this shot is lovely and the subject wonderful. I would however like to see something in focus to direct my eye.

I agree with Richard and Sher as well. There's nothing here that's in focus enough to really draw my eye in.

Gorgeous. I love the colors on the chrome and how the water seems to have little bits of glitter flowing through it. The background is also very interesting and captivating as well. No complaints at all!

A really beautiful shot,with great color and sparkle.

My first reaction "WOAH RUN! LADY RUN!". This is amazing. The color of the land/rock is so gorgeous. Love how rich all of the colors are in this actually.

Impressive!

Pretty damn cool!

Very nice macro shot.

Very Nice. The soft focus and short DOF work perfectly here.

Nice DOF and focus...Good shot.

I think the red is beautiful. The petals are so defined.

good colour, evoces romaNTIC atmosphere!