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Lens: Canon MP-E 1-5x macro lens
Body: Canon EOS 20D
Flash: Canon MT-24EX twin-flash, diffused through tracing paper
Settings: ISO 100, f/14, 1/250 sec
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Posted on: April 27, 2009 9:27 AM, by Alex Wild

Lens: Canon MP-E 1-5x macro lens
Body: Canon EOS 20D
Flash: Canon MT-24EX twin-flash, diffused through tracing paper
Settings: ISO 100, f/14, 1/250 sec
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Comments
This is beautiful :)
Posted by: liudvikas | April 27, 2009 10:38 AM
Wow. Even the eyes are camouflaged!
Posted by: Adrian Thysse, FCD | April 27, 2009 12:12 PM
wow! very professional..this is really great! :-)I like also the green grasshopper ;-)
Posted by: Galang Lente (Roving Lens) | April 27, 2009 8:02 PM
Thanks for the links to all that great info on your other blog. But that still leaves me with one other question: How do you get the little buggers to pose so nicely for you?
Posted by: Kurt | April 27, 2009 9:34 PM
This is such an amazing photo. I had no idea that a grasshopper looks like a disgruntled old man close up!
Posted by: goldnsilver | April 28, 2009 6:12 AM
Thanks for the links to all that great info on your other blog. But that still leaves me with one other question: How do you get the little buggers to pose so nicely for you?
thnaks..
Posted by: metin2 | May 16, 2010 6:36 AM