Funny looking hopper at Kent Ridge Park

[tchuanye]

Was taking my kids for walk at Kent ridge park, and chance upon this hopper close to the stairs at about near 7pm. Found it queer looking and not the normal ones where the wings are with the body. At first I thought it was a dead hopper, but was proven wrong when it moved.

Anyone seen it before?

Due to poor lighting, had to use different settings.

FZ10+6T with Ext bounce flash
ExposureTime : 1/60Sec
FNumber : F8.0
ExposureProgram : Aperture Priority
ISOSpeedRatings : 100

#1: Side view
Notice the green patch at the mouth? I thought I accidently added something during post processing, but when I viewed all my shots, it all had the green patch there.....so is the mouth there???? eating the leaf????
Anyway, not too happy that my camera was not parallel to the hopper, the tail is abit OOF.


#2: Front view

[melvynyeo]

I saw these twice... once at lower pierce, once at AMK. You can check at my latest post

Btw what green patch??? Didn't see any

[Papilio]

Exceptional detail on the side view. The hopper looks like it's wearing a copper or bronze armour.

[tchuanye]

Thanks Papilio!

Originally Posted by melvynyeo I saw these twice... once at lower pierce, once at AMK. You can check at my lastest post Btw what green patch??? Didn't see any

Just behind the front leg, slightly above and behind the mouth...there is one green patch or leaf....its green in the middle of the brown of the hopper.

[melvynyeo]

I think that's the leaf behind...
Post my pict for your reference

[Papilio]

Melvyn's right. It's a gap between the mouth of the hopper and its body. The green is the leaf beyond, thru' the gap.

[megaweb]

Ya, saw this insect a few times and it looks funny.

Very nice and detail.

[tchuanye]

Thanks Melvyn, Papilio and Megaweb!

ya, now that you mention it, it does looks like its the background.....but still looks odd though....

[cerebrus]

Originally Posted by tchuanye Thanks Melvyn, Papilio and Megaweb! ya, now that you mention it, it does looks like its the background.....but still looks odd though....

Looks like the leaf. Its between the front legs and its 'neck'

[ortega]

very nice catch, very detailed and pin sharp
i don't like the shadows though
but it is just me.

tail OOF also all right with me
I find that a tilted pose of the hopper gives it a more 3D look
and thus more interesting

[tltan]

An old thread revived....and still good

[tchuanye]

Thanks guys....this is really an old post.

Noted abt the shadows....thats why I got the off sync hotshoe for the flash so I can position the flash better....does not always eliminate shadow though...