i voted BA
wow, it makes me happy that so many of you liked that photo so much. i actually had a 16x20 version hanging in a local gallery for a few months and my dad has one in his "den" also.
pennywise: my photo was taken using the 18-55mm "kit lens" that came with my canon rebel xt.
i have a 300mm zoom, and a 50mm for portraits, but neither will do close ups like the one that came with my camera. i think the minimum focus distance is around 11cm wich is very far compared to some of the new point and shoot cameras that can focus 1cm from the lens in macro mode.
no macro lens here.. not sure what anyone else is using though.
also i watched that grasshopper on the same plant for 5 days, so it wasnt a one shot deal. i took 100-200 shots of that same bug.