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If ever you feel threatened, make sure to hide on the nearest frog...
If ever you feel threatened, make sure to hide on the nearest frog...
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Location
This one was actually taken in our own vegetable patch. I'd taken the camera outside because a kingfisher was perched on the car. But as I got close, it flew off. On the walk back to the house, the flight of this grasshopper caught my eye, so I followed it; only to watch it land on this unsuspecting tiny Eastern dwarf frog...Time
Early (but not stupidly early!) morning.Lighting
Luckily for me, the early morning sun was behind and to the left of me, giving a lovely soft natural light.Equipment
I love my Nikon D7200 - with this shot, I didn't have time to change or plan anything, so it's an opportunistic handheld with my Tamron 18-270 lens.Inspiration
Curiosity, and a love of the natural world. I'm lucky enough to live in the Australian bush; there's plenty out there to see and shoot if you have a watchful eye and a camera to hand. The unlikely combo of grasshopper and frog, along with beautiful leading lines from the blades of grass, really spoke to me.Editing
Very little in this shot, except for cropping for composition and minor tinkering in Lightroom.In my camera bag
Nikon D7200 body, Tamron 18-270 versatile lens, Nikkor 50mm portrait lens, Samyang 8mm fisheye, tripod, and remote. Along with spare battery, cleaning stuff etc. My list of 'wants' seems to be getting longer rather than shorter though!Feedback
Keep your eyes open - you can't set this sort of shot up, but have to be observant enough to see what's out there. This frog was around an inch long, and I would have totally missed it in the grass if it weren't for the grasshopper landing on it's head!
