The dragonfly population continues to decrease as we move deeper into autumn, but my little winged friends seem to have been replaced by grasshoppers. Whenever I walk through the fields of my favorite marshland park, I am preceded by mini explosions of insects. Most of the grasshoppers hop far away, but yesterday one of them chose a nearby stalk of grass and posed for me.
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Mike Powell 
You have captured every part of the grasshopper in incredible detail. It’s a spectacular image.
Thanks, Laura. Images like this one remind me of why I love my macro lens so much. It lets me get really close and capture all of the beautiful details that often we don’t even know is there. In this case, I didn’t even crop at all–it’s framed just the way that it came out of the camera.
The detail is absolutely spectacular, such a wonderful shot.
Thanks, Charlie. I am always surprised to see the variety of colors in such little creatures that we often just take for granted.
That’s an excellent shot!
Thanks, Allen. I have been shooting so much with my long-range zoom, that I sometimes forget how much incredible detail I can capture with my macro lens. This image reminded me of why I love the macro world.