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I was closing in on a green locust when this guy landed 15 centimeters away, clearly looking at the locust too. Before he could do anything more the locust took...
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I was closing in on a green locust when this guy landed 15 centimeters away, clearly looking at the locust too. Before he could do anything more the locust took of and I shifted focus to the assassin fly instead.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture f/22 ISO 100 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 100/1

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Sep, 2015

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