Something for the weekend - Part 138 - Disturbing the peace!

[davescm]

It's a quiet summer afternoon in the village of Staithes, North Yorkshire. Nothing can disturb the peace, until.............................    Well that is for you to decide 🙂

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Dave

[Optimistic_Cascade15A8]

They emerged in my area last week. This one posed willingly for its close-up shot...

[J E L]

Fantastic, Rafael! Almost leather-like skin.

[Optimistic_Cascade15A8]

Thank you very much, Jain. I was using my newly bought Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Macro lens on my Nikon D850. I was about 2 or 3 inches from the cicada, but it did not seem to bother it.

[J E L]

Super shot and the Laowa proved a great bug out choice. The cicadas are obviously highly evolved and yearning for human interaction after their 17 year hibernation... or you have some incredible insect magnetism!

[Optimistic_Cascade15A8]

😁Judging by the color of its eyes, I think this one had been out all night partying and smoking weed. It was too tired to move away from me! 😂

[Trevor.Dennis]

My secret weapon for this sort of close in macro is the Lumiquest 3 mini softbox using one of those curly extension leads.  Exposure is eTTL so first time every time. This used F18, and because the softbox is close in it gives a nice diffused light.  Of course, this does mean that the background is dark  — this was taken in full daylight.  The creature is a Giant Weta and not even Crocodile  Dundee could eat one.

BTW I caught on to the Lumiquest III on David Hobby's Strobist site about 15 years ago

https://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/09/by-request-lumiquest-softbox-iii.html

[davescm]

Nice idea Jane. You can keep the cicadas over there though - unless they go nicely in a curry 🙂

Dave

[chanaart]

Fun times

       

[davescm]

Careful Chana or you'll take Ged's surreal crown off him 🙂

Dave

[chanaart]

I have my childhood doll in it that I painted in Fresco

[Dean_Utian]

Nice work Chana. 

I didn't realise elephants could be that small 🙂

[Dean_Utian]

I heard a lobster diver was caught up in a humpback whale's mouth for a while before he was spit out. Was it in this location?

Whale image from Unsplash.

[Trevor.Dennis]

It would explain why the whale spat him out if it 'was' this location.  Yorkshire men taste horrible because of all that tripe, liver, kidneys and black pudding that they eat.

[Dean_Utian]

Not something I would find tasty either - not the Yorkshire men, their food choices 🙂

[jane-e]

I'm willing to try them if I ever travel to a place where they are aren't banned.

~ Jane

[jane-e]

I didn't realize this happened the same day you posted @Dean_Utian !

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1005918788/humpback-whale-swallowed-lobster-diver-cape-cod-michael-pa...

~ Jane

[EuanWilliamson]

Well, it was a quiet summer afternoon, but night swiftly fell bringing with it a terror of unknowing horror . . .

[davescm]

Oh dear , the triffids have reached Staithes! 🙂

Dave

[War Unicorn]

I'm late to this (per usual).  😛

"The Doom That Came to Staithes"

[Ussnorway]

two death-stars in the night sky?

[davescm]

It's never too late for SFTW James.That blurring gives a very small depth of field which makes it look like a model. So the cat is real size  🙂

Dave