(hiding in the clematis)

[Norm in Fujino]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/Peregrinor/P5296970w1.jpg

Olympus E-300 + ZD 50mm f2.0 macro, 1/800s @ f3.5, ISO 100, raw + Silkypix

[Geoff Chandler]

Very nice close up Norm!
Well captured!!!

[Rooz]

fantastic shot. great colour, focus and composition.

[Norm in Fujino]

Thanks for looking. We always have a brood of mantises hatch on our Clemantis around this time each year, and this is only the second bloom to appear on the bush this year--but the baby mantises weren't to be seen today. BTW, this baby grasshopper stayed on this bloom the entire day; I took some more shots of it just before evening.