Forum: Photography

Subject: Day of .....THE CICADA (1 of 2)

L8RDAZE opened this issue on Aug 10, 2002 · 10 posts

L8RDAZE posted Sat, 10 August 2002 at 1:10 PM

Here in New Jersey the sound of Cicadas fill the summer air! Was over my sisters and discovered a bunch of their leftover "Exo-Skeletons" on the trees, which they molt after coming up from somewhere in the ground and morphing from the nymph stage to adult!! Here's a macro shot I particularly liked! L8r!

L8RDAZE posted Sat, 10 August 2002 at 1:14 PM

Was lucky enuff to find this on my sister's shed. This Ciacada must have just emerged from the shell and was hangin out right by its former self! L8r!

Artax posted Sat, 10 August 2002 at 3:14 PM

ow ow ow ow!!! WONDERFUL SHOTS!!!! #1 is my favourite! I simply LOVE these insects....

doruksal posted Sat, 10 August 2002 at 3:25 PM

Immmmmmmpressive creature and nice close-ups, the first one being superb..! That shell is a marvel to look at and examine for a long time..!!

azy posted Sat, 10 August 2002 at 4:41 PM

Great photos especially the #1 with the eye glowing.

Eggiwegs! I would like... to smash them!

PhrankPower posted Sun, 11 August 2002 at 12:07 AM

Damn these are cool; really sharp too. Closer than I ever imagined I'd be.

firestorm posted Sun, 11 August 2002 at 2:50 AM

hi, i like 1...has the silhouette look and the right amount of detail...but bugs!!!...rather you than me...lol

Pictures appear to me, I shoot them. Elliot Erwitt

Antoonio posted Mon, 12 August 2002 at 2:33 AM

I'm really diggin that first one. 110% photo montage material. So, I'm asking this. Do you have bigger version from pic 1? And would it be possible to have it and me to use it in my future works? Pretty please. .n

starshuffler posted Mon, 12 August 2002 at 4:50 AM

WIKKED!!! I like the backlit image a LOT. Great composition and contrast. :-) (*

picnic posted Mon, 12 August 2002 at 8:10 PM

Oh, cicadas--when I read this I thought you MUST be in the south--but then I remembered the summer on the Hudson in NY where they were so bad you couldn't hear people speak. The second one is a really sharp macro--I wonder what the first would look like with a bit of fill flash--or maybe more backlight?? The first composition is good.