These handsome 'beasts' do jump so beware as one jumped on my camera one year and scarred the beejeebees outta me. You have done such a great job on capturing him in full body with complete sharpness on those eyes where the sharpness ought to be. That black hole in the background supplies us viewers with meat to the story of this curious spider coming out to have a look at you too. This photograph makes me happy, I am delighted to see him, so posed, so sweet and in his natural environment. Love it.

)....you sound like a true photographer, preying on your subject and getting completely engrossed...I too have done the same with bees and butterflies...and spiders.

Hi I like your sweet bug (grasshopper). Placed nicely on an angle he is looking at you (and therefore us). The detail is well seen even in his wings, the colour saturation is natural and the exposure is good rendering a very pleasant image. I like spotting these wee little "beasts" whenever walking though the forest they are like the exclamation mark to my day.

(big smile) hope he made it safely across the street!