Easy hang

Image Critiques Weekly Challenge
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Easy hang
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While out fooling with my new flash, I didn’t even notice this grasshopper bedding down in some flowers in the garden. And then poof - it was there. Just me not seeing it. IRL it’s about 1 1/2 inch long, so not tiny. And yeah, it’s upside down and cut off in the middle with a square crop and some dead space. I still like it.

Specific Feedback Requested

Too novel or not novel enough? Other improvement ideas ok.

Technical Details

Handheld

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Lr for RAW work including wb adjustment, boost to shadows and whites, reduced blacks and highlights, adjusted a hue or two in the HSL panel. Topaz Sharpen AI for detail enhancement. Photoshop for distraction removal. Square crop as final in Lightroom. Usually I save cropping for last.

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Love this guy, Kris. Kind of how I feel sometimes, just barley hanging on. Great take on the weekly challenge. Very nicely done.

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Took me a while to figure out what I was looking at. This is very cool, Kris. I like it too.

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Thanks @linda_mellor & @David_Bostock - I think we all have days like that. Hopefully nature photography brings you some peace of mind. Grasshoppers have pretty good camouflage, I didn’t see it for a few minutes and it was only like a foot from me, lol.