Brown Grasshopper caught in the act

[Atul Sinai]

This image is from the nearby grassland. Wanted to test 100mm f/2.8 macro lens. Rented the lens for a day and ventured out.

After spending some time out there, I found this little fellow engaged.

Big crop here to avoid out of focus grass blade.

Abhishek, would need your help for the ID.

Please critique !

Location: Pune
Canon 7D. 100mm f/2.8 L macro
Manual Exposure
Auto Focus
Manual metering
Shutter Speed 1/125
Aperture 9.0
ISO 500
Focal Length 100mm
Cropped by 47%
Handheld

Thanks!

Regards,
Atul

[Atul Sinai]

Here is another image. I went closer. This is cropped by 17%.

[Mrudul Godbole]

The details are nice. The first image looks better as the out of focus grass blade is not present. But I think the details are better in the second one. Wish the grass blade was not present. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice find. Sharp enough, and f9 has helped. Not sure of the ID beyond what you have already mentioned. This is a nymph (juvenile), as you can see the wings have not developed and are still little buds.
You seem to be catching a lot of creatures in the Act. :D
Please post the images in separate threads with their EXIFs for better critiquing.

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks Mrudul and Abhishek.

Yeah Abhishek, I got one more grass hopper doing the same thing at a different location. Will post that soon. One of the reasons why I posted this on the same thread was that I wanted a comparative perspective. Also the viewers would get to see both the shots under one thread. Agree with you about posting separate threads with their EXIFs for better critiquing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

We don't often see these small creatures releasing excreta from their bodies. So I am sure both the images will be of interest from a natural history point of view. The length of the excreta with respect to the body length seems to be longer. However, I have no idea about this macro world. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi