Shadow Hunters Contest Round 173 Entry ~ Cicadas and A First ... Maybe?
hive-179017·@deerjay·
0.000 HBDShadow Hunters Contest Round 173 Entry ~ Cicadas and A First ... Maybe?
This is my entry in the Shadow Hunters Contest Round 173 which is hosted by @melinda010100! You can learn more about the Shadow Hunters Contest and how to enter [HERE](https://hive.blog/hive-179017/@melinda010100/shadow-hunters-contest-round-173)! I took these photos in my back yard and this first photo is my entry for the contest!  I only did a few edits for this post and this is the first one. It is an edit that I did of my entry photo. I really loved how the Cicada wing came out in the edit. It reminds me of having a stained glass look. I went with the original as my entry though because I believe the shadow, which should be the focus, came out slightly better looking in the original with the wing in the shadow showing a bit more definition.  My photos for this post were taken in the early emergence of the 17 year Brood X Cicadas and my photos show just one Cicada that was throwing off a very nice shadow. I did take many photos of the Cicadas and I do have other photos that feature Cicadas and their shadows so I will probably be featuring these Brood X little creatures in another Shadow Hunters post ... or two!  Now, here is maybe a first as I don't know if this has been presented in a Shadow Hunters post previously. It is a short gif featuring a different Cicada along with its shadow. I don't know if it's been done before so if not then it has been now! 😉 <center>https://media.giphy.com/media/Do2JM3JaGPlo4O0MR4/giphy.gif</center> These 17 year Brood X Cicadas are known as periodical Cicadas because the only come out periodically. Later in summer we will get the annual Cicadas but they will come in much smaller numbers than the periodical Cicadas.   This is my last photo and edit for this post. The edit is a kaleidoscope gif that I made with the first photo that I edited. I've really (mostly) enjoyed seeing these little buggers arrive and soon they will be leaving for another 17 years. The last couple of days while outside I had a few fly into me which I don't mind too much but I don't feel so much the same as when they fly in my hair or face which they did fly into my face a couple of times today. Makes it kinda' hard to get a video of them when I jerk the camera violently and use a choice word or two. Like I said ... "I've really **(mostly)** enjoyed seeing these little buggers arrive"! 😏  <center></center> Thank you @melinda010100 for the Shadow Hunters Contest and thank you also to all of the sponsors and guest judges!! All photos and text by me @deerjay. All rights reserved. 
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