Cicada on bridge.

[alfredo]

[handmade34]

1. you got a live one...

very nice

[alfredo]

2. The green pattern attracted me. I had just photographed

a small butterfly when I turned and saw it. The butterfly picture wasn't good, but the Cicada worked.

[Mira]

3. Hot. Damn and WOW. Love the transparency of the wings, great color and a real keeper. nt

[alfredo]

4. That's the first time I've noticed one of that color. Luck find.

[HappyCynic]

5. Love the detail

And I also love the way the tones are somewhat muted without losing any of its eye-catching quality. (Don't know if that makes any sense but it's getting late and my mind may be in the first stages of shutdown.)

[alfredo]

6. It makes sense. Thanks. BTW, that is at 50% zoom.

There's still good detail at 100% zoom. The Canon G10 is very good in the great outdoors.

[Tindalos]

7. Very pretty

I remember hearing them in the trees back east. Noisy little buggers. Don't recall them being such pretty colours though.

[alfredo]

8. Do a google search and see the great diversity of cicadas. They supposedly

Taste good.

[Tindalos]

9. You can eat them?

I've had teriyaki grasshoppers and they were surprisingly tasty. Cicadas would probably be a good protein source for the non-squeamish.

[alfredo]

10. They are. We are squeamish about eating "bugs", but we

eat shrimp, oysters, scallops, crabs, and lobsters.

[Tindalos]

11. Yeh, it's weird

I've eaten a few types of insects. I don't like eating meat, but insects don't taste worse than any other animal. Bugs of the sea taste worse if you ask me. :shrug:

[alfredo]

12. Eating low on the food chain is a good idea.

[HarveyDarkey]

22. .

[handmade34]

15. you are my inspiration

(edit to say your's is much more handsome - *and a much better pic)

funny enough, after seeing your photo, as I went out I noticed this guy by my door (first live one I've ever seen)... this is what they look like in Texas.



he did look pretty yummy!!!

[alfredo]

16. That's good. You got good detail on the critter

without the white background getting totally washed out. I had a cloudy day and a neutral background. It would have been difficult to fail. Yours is a much tougher shot to pull off.

There's a lot of info on Cicada on the web.

[Callalily]

13. alfredo, all I can say is

WOW . . . just WOW!

[alfredo]

14. Thanks. Lucky shot

[hippywife]

17. Just fantastic,'fredo!

Great shot! :thumbsup: :hi:

[alfredo]

18. It was a good day, light clouds, low wind. Thanks.

[intheflow]

19. Gorgeous!

That detail is exquisite, alfredo.

[alfredo]

24. In good light the Canon G10 is as good as one would want.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Impressive pic.

I have seen a few of the ones around here, usually near the porch light at night, where the cats have dragged them. Surprisingly BIG
things.
I need a better camera. Will look up the Canon you recommended.

[alfredo]

23. Thanks. Also look at the Lumix LX5. It has just been released

[GoneOffShore]

21. La Cigale - very good luck they are

And one of the emblems of Provence.

[alfredo]

25. I hear cicadas all year long due to Tinnitus. Maybe carrying

around a bit of a Cicada in me has brought me good fortune throughout my life. I'm even being paid $123 a month for that cicada in my head.