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A largish grasshopper which is not one of the smaller colourful ones I mostly see in the Neotropics.
Unidentified Grasshopper, Great Ashby District Park, Stevenage, 8 June 2011.
I've wanted for a loooong time to photograph a Grasshopper.
The Grasshopper and the Ant (La cigale et la fourmi), 1875
oil on canvas
Taken from the classic parable, The Cicada and the Ant, by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95), Vibert has recast the familiar fable with a minstrel and a monk. In La Fontaine's original, the frivolous grasshopper wastes the summer chirping, while the industrious ant collects food. When winter approaches, the desperate grasshopper's plea for food is rebuffed by the sanctimonious ant. In Vibert's painting, a lone minstrel has accosted a group of monks, only one of whom stops to hear his pleas. When pressed for alms the monk, according to Vibert's own version of the story published in La Comédie en peinture, responds by asking the minstrel what he does in the summer. "I sing" is the answer. Since it is now winter, the monk, like the ant in the original, snidely advises the minstrel to dance.
Vibert's anti-clerical attitude is amply documented in his writings as well as in his many satiric pictures of cardinals and other clerics. In The Grasshopper and the Ant he has carefully contrasted the two men's appearances to illustrate more poignantly the material discrepancy between them, as well as to allegorise the monk's parsimony. The minstrel is scrawny and hunch-backed; he shivers because his thread-bare tights no longer keep out the cold. By contrast, the monk is well-fed and jolly, his rucksack overstocked with food and game. Turkey feathers protrude behind the monk's back in a rich display, clashing with the miserable, shredded peacock, the Christian symbol of the Resurrection; links the Minstrel to Christ, and reminds the viewer of another famous tale: that of the "Good Samaritan".
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Taken from the classic parable, The Cicada and the Ant, by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95), Vibert has recast the familiar fable with a minstrel and a monk. In La Fontaine's original, the frivolous grasshopper wastes the summer chirping, while the industrious ant collects food. When winter approaches, the desperate grasshopper's plea for food is rebuffed by the sanctimonious ant. In Vibert's painting, a lone minstrel has accosted a group of monks, only one of whom stops to hear his pleas. When pressed for alms, the monk, according to Vibert's own version of the story published in La Comédie en peinture, responds by asking the minstrel what he does in the summer. "I sing," is the answer. Since it is now winter, the monk, like the ant in the original, snidely advises the minstrel to dance.
Vibert's anti-clerical attitude is amply documented in his writings as well as in his many satiric pictures of cardinals and other clerics.
In The Grasshopper and the Ant he has carefully contrasted the two men's appearances to illustrate more poignantly the material discrepancy between them, as well as to allegorize the monk's parsimony. The minstrel is scrawny and hunch-backed; he shivers because his thread-bare tights no longer keep out the cold. By contrast, the monk is well-fed and jolly, his rucksack overstocked with food and game. Turkey feathers protrude behind the monk's back in a rich display, clashing with the miserable, shredded peacock plume in the minstrel's cap. In the story's context, the choice of feathers is no coincidence: the turkey, the traditional bird of feasting, symbolizes the monk's frivolity, while the peacock, the Christian symbol of the Resurrection, links the minstrel to Christ, and reminds the viewer of another famous tale: that of the "Good Samaritan."
A grasshopper that I caught in our front garden. This was photo was created using a focus stack of 41 photos taken using a Schneider f2.8 40mm APO lens reverse mounted using bellows. Lighting was from two overhead skylights.
The crop here is massive , but its my first capture of this elusive character.
I arrived too find Brandon's finest minds ranged against this bird , the bird won no contest :0)
Latin name
Locustella naevia
Family
Warblers and allies (Sylviidae)
Overview
The high, insect-like reeling song of the grasshopper warbler is the best clue to its presence. Even when you hear one it can be difficult to locate it due to the ventriloquial effect of its singing. If seen on migration it moves like a little mouse, creeping through the foliage. Dramatic population declines have made this a Red List species.
Where to see them
Found scattered across the UK in summer, although less common in Scotland. Likes areas of scrub, thick grassland, the edges of reedbeds, new forestry plantations and gravel pits with plenty of scattered bushes.
When to see them
Birds arrive from mid-April and leave again in August and September. Best listened for between April and July when they perch and sing from songposts, mostly at dawn and dusk but often through the night.
What they eat
Insects
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SDASM.OFFICIAL NICKNAME: Grasshopper
SDASM.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Shown being loaded or unloaded from a USAF Fairchild C-82 Packet at Lindbergh Field, San Diego.
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Grasshopper.
D300 + Nikkor AF105/2.8D macro.
DIY housing with VS14S external fast shutter 3.5ms, F-mount 37mm thick.
Flashes external 2 x SB-80-DX.
F16 ISO 200 manual mode.
Original frame size 60mm.
Free distance object to front lens: 300mm.
Optical detector system with line array 128 pixels.
FPGA hardware controller Terassic DE0-nano board.
Location: Oostrozebeke.
Date: 2013 Sep 28
My Grasshoppers page is from Incredible Insect Designs Coloring Book, artwork by Marty Noble, Creative Haven, Dover Publications, colored with Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Pencils, Tombow pens and blended with light colored pencils.
Snapped this guy near the civilian war memorial in Singapore, unfortunately he didn't hang around so one shot was all I got. Would have been nice to include something for a size reference as he was huge.
Grasshopper Sparrows are a favorite of mine. They seem to not mind me sitting down in their little area. They pop up, duck down, weave and swerve their way through the grass until they feel too close and fly around in a circle. Then repeat.
www.stevewardnature.co.uk This lovely bird has recently arrived into the country over the last week. A very rare and hard bird to capture as they will only show themselves well when trying pair up. There call being very distinct just like a Grasshoppers and kind of like the noise of an old fishing reel. They make there way up slowly through the thorny hedges where they spend most there time walking about the ground. And once in a high position they give this terrific call moving there heads 180 degrees. Problem is its like someone throwing there voice trying to figure out where the call is coming from is really hard. But can be heard from a good distance away.
I heard the bird whilst out walking the dog yesterday without the camera. So today i did a first light shoot before i headed to work as i new i had a small window to catch this bird before it finds a mate and stays down low in the thorny bushes.
It was a successful morning and the warbler here pictured calling in the warm morning sun is a moment i will cherish.