Uploaded: May 27, 2011
Looked up and there he was!
Pretty nasty storm last evening and then a nice steady rain at my house. The paper is not here yet so I suspect something...probably some trees down based on the news. We didn't lose any, thankfully. Hope everyone else is OK.
Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!
Exif: F Number: 3.2, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/60 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 800, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 105.00 mm, Model: NIKON D700
Douglas Pignet May 27, 2011
kewl find and capture...love the screen texture #1380531R. J. Laudenbacher May 27, 2011
What a bug to look up and see! :) Wonderful textures and great silhouette! #9430816Dominick M. Dimacale May 27, 2011
Great macro image here, Courtenay!
Dominick #9430866
Bojan Bencic May 27, 2011
Great shot, Courtenay. Fantastic background and silhouette. #9430874Tammy M. Anderson May 27, 2011
We have been having some wild weather too. Glad things are OK with you. Excellent details and silhouette, Courtenay. Love this. #9430912Val Feldman May 27, 2011
Looks like a big guy! Super textures, great b/g color and love the lines of the screening - you know, you made him look pretty good, Courtenay...for a bug! :) Happy Memorial Day Weekend back to you! Have a good one!! #9430915Gord MacEachern May 27, 2011
Hi Courtenay, beautiful silhouetted macro here, very well done. Stay safe! #9430930Aimee S. McMaster May 27, 2011
...glad you're okay...this is soooooo cool Courtenay! Was he trying to get in or out ! Wonderfully captured! #9430934Carolyn M. Fletcher May 27, 2011
Hasn't this been a weird weather year? I never saw anything like it! Cool bug!! #9430940Ron McEwan May 27, 2011
Interesting BG on this one. Like the color goes well with this fellow. Good to hear the storm is over. It looks like we are in for a few better days here. #9430968Marilyn Cornwell May 27, 2011
Great patterns and shapes...hope he stayed up there. #9430994Danny B. Head May 27, 2011
Cool silhouette on the green background! #9431001Gina Cormier May 27, 2011
<----running to get the bug spray #9431021Mary Beth Aiello May 27, 2011
Well, there are bugs, and then THERE ARE BUGS. Love the silhouette, but especially the lines and patterns of the screen. VERY COOL, Courtenay. Glad you're okay from this horrible weather. #9431062Jeana Clark May 27, 2011
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!
~J~ #9431072
Loan Tran May 27, 2011
Great capture. #9431085Leslie McLain May 27, 2011
Glad your okay as the storms this year have been just terrible. Terrific capture. Glad the bug was outside, not in. #9431115Amy M. Wilson May 27, 2011
Great details and silhouette, Courtenay! We had nasty storms in my area too last night which caused a power outage for 3 hours! #9431120Robert R. Goodman May 27, 2011
Hi Courtenay,Good to here not much damage my friend.Beautiful macro,and try to stay dry!!!!! #9431376Rony Sagy May 27, 2011
Fantastic capture. Love the diagonal grid composition, Courtenay. #9431453Mike Clime May 27, 2011
Cool macro and great silhouette, Courtenay! #9431573Julie Burnett May 27, 2011
You have such a creative eye, Courtenay, I love the diagonal screen also, just too cool!! (Not a bad looking bug either!) #9431613Stephen Zacker May 27, 2011
Very unique macro #9431678Claudia Kuhn May 27, 2011
Cool close up Courtenay. Looks like a stink bug #9431696Ann H. Belus May 27, 2011
Cool capture, Courtenay, the silhouette against that gorgeous color is just fantastic! #9431844Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna May 27, 2011
I'm glad to see you made it through yet another storm, Courtenay! Fantastic capture of this ugly bug-a-boo! :-) k #9431880Carol L. Fowler May 27, 2011
Well- I hope he is on the other side of the screen! #9431994Ann Coates May 27, 2011
Now, this would creep me out if I looked up and saw that. Looks fantastic against the green screen. #9432089Carol Eade May 28, 2011
Terrific macro, Courtenay, love the texture from the screen and the colors! #9432447Patrick Rouzes May 28, 2011
Glad to hear you are safe,Courtenay! Sounds like a scary storm! Like the sharpness of the screen, the dof & silhouette! NOt something I would want above my head! Have a great day, my friend! #9432509MELODIE C. ROBERTS May 28, 2011
And you want me to visit?? #9433004Ellen Hodges May 28, 2011
Glad to hear that you are all okay, Courtenay! This has sure been a crazy year for storms! This bug looks fantastic against the screen!! #9433016Terry Cervi May 28, 2011
Good thing you looked up, Courtenay! It's a terrific shot! Hope your storms ease off. Here in Western NY, we've had our rainiest May on record. #9433153Ken Smith May 29, 2011
Nice eye to spot this guy, then take his photo. I like the lines in this. Sorry to hear about the storm; it's been a tough this year for severe thunderstorms. #9433651Heather Loewenhardt May 29, 2011
Very space age looking with that neon green. Amazing what just pops up to be photographed. #9434430Kathy Salerni May 30, 2011
Gorgeous silhouette and great green color, Courtenay! Love this! #9435609Wm Nosal June 01, 2011
COOL! #9439758Cindy Bendush June 05, 2011
Super capture and POV of this assassin bug Courtneay -- great find! #9445899Lisa J. Boulden June 13, 2011
An eye-popping silhouette!Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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