This cicada stopped by for a little rest near the back door and it didn’t seem to mind posing for pictures. I have sort of posted photographs of a cicada before. If you follow this link you’ll see what I mean.
On an unrelated note I’m very honoured to have work featured on the arts and humanities website Creative Thresholds. You can see that article here but if you have a few minutes I suggest having a look around the Creative Thresholds website!
© Karen McRae, 2014
draw and shoot 
Really amazing set here, and, CONGRATULATIONS! BRAVO!
Thanks very much, Rutikintome.
: )
rutakintome comes from my all-things-new-york-and-robert-deniro bias, but you can use Carlos. 🙂
Congratulation Karen. you deserve to be selected into the C’ Threshold as the art
you created was really a class of your own. (nobody did, and nobody could copy)
(Despite the effort, so far, I couldn’t decipher your technique at all. 🙂 )
That upside look, very intriguing. Congratulations, Karen, certainly well deserved.
Congratulations. Well deserved honour.
Beautiful work!
Looks quite menacing up close!
Congratulations on making the cicada look this beautiful! I know they’re harmless but, in person (in insect?), they look fierce and they’re huge!!! And kudos on being featured!!!
Congratulations Karen – your work is amazing and deserving of this recognition!
I really love these & as usual it’s so nice to see your perspective, it’s so unique.
Certainly well deserved attention to your work! I’m pleased to have made the acquaintance of this handsome cicada and his environs:)
Congrats Karen! Well deserved recognition! And the images here are stunning. Well done.
Congrats on your feature!
That first shot is classic Karen – beautiful set. Congratulations on the article!
Congratulations on the article Karen, so very well deserved. The pictures are dreamy as always. Just shows you don’t have to go far to get creative with a camera. 🙂
The first picture really draws me in. So narrative without being talkative. All about the finiteness of life. About the being right now and the be gone in the next moment. I love this shot. Thanks for sharing, Karen.
all the best,
Roland
Nature. Awesome.
Karen, congratulations on having your work featured! Well-deserved. I loved what you said about recreating our “childhood experiences where exploring the landscape was pure adventure”. And I think that’s what you are recreating in your pictures.
My favorite is the first one, where you zoomed in the wings and there’s that beautiful light coming from one side. Congratulations on your feature!
Ephemeral at its best.
“Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die”
Basho
Fantastic photographs. Very much dawn of creation type feeling. Those insects seem to have a…purpose. Beautiful storytelling in your images. Congratulations on the article!
Beautiful work, Karen. Enjoyed reading the article.
Love the post!
I love the way the first shot plays with scale – it looks like a huge museum installation.