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| Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia January 12, 2014 |
Here is a Bladder Cicada we saved from a path back in January. The photos are with my Nikon D800 and Zeiss Distagon *T 25 2.8 ZF.2. I got this lens because I was interested in its wide angle and close-up abilities. It needs practice though. Manual focus with even the slight of movement is tricky and I think I needed a polarising filter. The photos should have been unexposed to reduce the bright reflections of the leaves. All new to me so I hope I'll get better. I still think the results are natural and very rich. I studied lots of reviews about this lens before I got it and many users either love or hate it. The more I use it the more I love it.
More about Bladder Cicadas at Rob Ashdown's Blog
Also, Thanks for the kind comments on my last post. I thought it was one of my more boring efforts but your comments made me look at my own pictures again with a different attitude.
Also, Thanks for the kind comments on my last post. I thought it was one of my more boring efforts but your comments made me look at my own pictures again with a different attitude.
6 comments:
it is indeed, GREEN Russell. Keep enjoying your new lens, the more you do, the more it will become familiar to you; lovely shots
Not an insect I've heard of, let alone seen.A polarising filter would help the glare, but cut down the speed so is a mixed blessing at times - most enjoyable photos though.
Your cicada is very, very green :-). Beautiful pictures of this insect. Your blog is really interesting.
Best regards from Poland/Michał and Piotr
What an astounding creature that is.The more I see of the natural world the more amazing and wonderful it becomes.
Lenses are a bit of a mystery to me, so many and of such bewildering figures quoted. I just stick to my bog standard 15-50mm and my trusty Canon 400mm.
What a beautiful shade of green it has. I've never come across one while shedding its old skin.
I thought it was odd to see a cicada hatching on leaves!
They usually come out of the ground and climb onto a stem.
I think you will master this lens very soon, you seem on the right track to get the hang of it!!
A very pretty cicada, ours look duller!!
Cheers, Russell!
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