Emergence.. Painted Grasshopper & its Molt

[Anil Kumar Verma]

Hello Friends,

This one again from Yeoor, one of my favorite places in Monsoon. Quite a large size ( about 2.5 inched) Painted Grasshopper near it's Molt. Patterns on molt are different than on the grass-hopper. Looks like it changes shades upon maturity. Witnessed pair with different shades during Nagla visit.

Would love to hear from experts.

EXIF : Canon550D with Tamron 90mm Macro VC, Tv : 1/80, Av: f/18, ISO3200 (Auto), Full Frame, Processed in LR 5.7. Radial Filter applied on subject. No Flash

Hope you like it & enjoy it.

Regards/Anil Kumar Verma

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Lovely...Interesting to see the matured one and its stark contrast-y molt

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Did you see it moulting? I'm not familiar enough with these to know about the pattern differences. Google might help. :)
Brilliantly executed shot. ISO 3200 has helped here for sure, but the noise seems low for a 550D. I don't see much post-processing detail loss either. Nicely done. Maybe experiment with the highlights a little - the highlights on the leaves are slightly distracting to me. Really appreciate the attempt to shoot this scene without flash.
Any more angles? Any images with different settings?

[Anil Kumar Verma]

Thanks Prajwal & Abhishek. Shall see if I have any more presentable shots with different settings.

Regards/Anil Kumar Verma

[Anil Kumar Verma]

Thanks Prajwal & Abhishek. Shall see if I have any more presentable shots with different settings.

Regards/Anil Kumar Verma

[Mrudul Godbole]

Rare sighting. Good you could get both of them in a single frame. I think a vertical composition would also worked well here. Good details. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Great to see this. Some how I had missed this image before. Wish the grasshopper was a bit closer as it is not covered by the depth of field. Hope you will someday see a grasshopper just emerging out of its molt. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi