Hopper poses from SBG

[wheels]

Fell in love with the junior hopper I shot the other day at SBG and decided to head back there to shoot it again.

This hopper was pretty professional ...

Comments and critiques very welcomed.

Pose 1. Portrait shot.


Pose 2. Side profile


Pose 3. Stretch leg pose


Pose 4. A closer side profile.

[wheels]

Pose 5. Pose on a branch


Strange but true, this hopper is not as green(color) as its counterparts.


Cheers.

[megaweb]

nice series shots

good flash exposure and composition for shot #1 and #2 ..

[Garion]

Nice series wheels! As megaweb had said, good control of flash and well exposed. Pretty sharp too.

Keep shooting...

[wheels]

Originally Posted by megaweb nice series shots good flash exposure and composition for shot #1 and #2 ..

Thanks megaweb. Greatly appreciate your comments.
Just learn this new flash technique and still learning .... happy that you find it good.

[wheels]

Originally Posted by Garion Nice series wheels! As megaweb had said, good control of flash and well exposed. Pretty sharp too. Keep shooting...

Thank Garion. Appreciate your comments.
Will continue to shoot and hopefully even better stuff.

[megaweb]

Originally Posted by wheels Thanks megaweb. Greatly appreciate your comments. Just learn this new flash technique and still learning .... happy that you find it good.

Welcome

Hint : you can use this setup to capture some insect moment shots like spider eating other insect and etc

as for pose shot like grasshopper portrait, try to take under better lighting to have brighter background ..

[wheels]

Originally Posted by megaweb Welcome Hint : you can use this setup to capture some insect moment shots like spider eating other insect and etc as for pose shot like grasshopper portrait, try to take under better lighting to have brighter background ..

Thanks for the hint. Understand your point.
Shots with brighter background are shots that I am still mastering. Compositions and colour are my main issues whenever I shoot those.
Nevertheless, will continue to try.
Thanks once again.

[damithc]

as other's have mentioned already, nice details

Originally Posted by wheels Just learn this new flash technique and still learning ....

care to elaborate on 'new flash technique'? would like to learn it myself

[Flyingpig]

Like your 1st and 2nd one...sharp but the background is too dark already?

[Adzz]

I like the dark bg, isolates the subjects. How did you do that, wheels? Care to share?

[wheels]

Sorry for the very late reply. Was away on vacation.

Thanks damithc, flyingpig and adzz for your comments. Appreciate it.

As for the way I did the shots.... I used my flash as a external remote flash and using high speed shutter and small aperture to get blackground.

cheers

[capricorn]

Great capture.