What I like about this image are the lines and curves of the flower, which at least for me, help to define the bug. I realize the perspective is odd, and thought of stacking to help with the details of the bug, however, there was a bit of a breeze and I am not that proficient at stacking.
Linda, I like this too. Nice management of DOF with sharpness where needed. The curves of the flower does add to this, in my opinion. And the colors make him stand out nicely. The petal down in the right corner gives me the feel that he is about to lunge over to it. Very nice.
Linda, the combo of strong, dark lines in the insect and soft pink glow of the flowers works very well together. As you present this there’s a strong feeling that the bug is looking directly at the viewer. The sharpness in the head and front of the thorax looks good. Based on the angular thorax, I’m going to guess that this critter might be related to the Leaf-footed bug that I posted in August although the markings are quite different.
I did have a couple of other photo of this little fellow, this of the profile and the other of its back which did show a definite pattern. I’m guessing also that it could be the Leaf-footed bug.
