Today’s image is a grasshopper on a pickup and its reflection. I don’t have any idea what species it is but I hopped out of the pickup to take the photo. When I took this image last month, I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge with my dear friend and wildlife photographer, Steve Creek.
Grasshopper on a pickup – Canon R7, f8, 1/1250, ISO 500, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light
The grasshopper landed on Steve’s pickup and I couldn’t resist photographing it. If you can identify the species, please feel free to do so.
Update: My friend Nancy DeWitt helped with the identification, this is a Red-legged Grasshopper, Melanoplus femurrubrum. Thanks Nancy!
I tried to identify this grasshopper yesterday afternoon and was stopped by a black monitor screen. After everything that I have personally fixed for other people in just this past week alone it seemed a cruel joke to have my video card or something happen with my own my desktop monitor.
Please be aware, I don’t need any help, I can fix this on my own. I wear my geek hat as easily as I do my photographer hat. Or bird identifier hat. Or web developer and graphics designer hat. Or any of the other 100+ hats that I wear at any given moment of any given day. It is simply a stumbling block and I kick those away regularly.
At the moment though, I am dealing with other issues regarding my mother’s passing that still require my attention.
What it means for me right now is that I have one more thing on my plate and working on my laptop instead of my bigger, faster desktop for a bit.
So what I share for the next few days? Might be brief.
Update: It was just the VGA cord that runs from my computer to the monitor. Easy fix.
Life is good.
Mia
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As a wildlife photographer you are truly The Horn of Plenty. The unique beauty of this grasshopper pic can’t be exaggerated. The subtle colors, the detail, and the grasshopper’s near perfect reflection on the hood of the pickup…simply incredible. Thanks Mia.
What a delightful shot. Years back we drove through a grasshopper plague and the car was crusted with their corpses. I MUCH prefer this shot. And hooray for easy ‘puter fixes. I admire you for the number of hats you wear with grace and style.
I have no idea about the type of grasshopper, but looks like the kind we get in Wyoming too. Sure there is a difference in them. I also have a soft ware problem with my lap top, but I will take mine into an expert to deal with! Sorry for the loss of your mother. Mine passed away today in 2004. I sure do miss having her around.