Camouflage

[Balan_Vinod]

Not going out for a shoot…insects have started visiting my staircase. I initially thought some one struck a leaf up the ceiling of the staircase.
It stayed there through the entire day. If this was on a plant, no one would have noticed it.

Haven’t been able to ID this, and probably some grasshopper?
Dark and cloudy conditions
6DII, 180 Tam, ISO 800, F16, 1/40, Metz Flash with pathetic diffuser that I tried making at home

Balan Vinod

[Shirley_Freeman]

Oh wow, Balan, I never saw anything like this. I’m glad that he hung around up there for you all day. He would be hard to detect on a tree. Nicely done.

[ravi (Ravi S. Hirekatur)]

Wow! Amazing find and capture. It looked like a leaf until I saw the large version. when you don’t go out looking for them, they come looking for you!

[Mark_Seaver]

Balan, this is a remarkable find. The insect is amazingly well disguised, I was thinking a hopper hiding behind a leaf until I saw the large version.