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Praying Mantis

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 10, 2013119 views6 comments

Found this mantis in my flower beds so I did a photo shoot with him. I gently moved him from the grasses he was on to one of my hosta flowers. I attached the flower with a plamp on an extra tripod and then moved it around until I got the background I liked, which was fairly shaded. After many shots, I gently placed him back onto his grass home. Love these interesting critters!

Canon 60D. 180mm macro lens. F/16 for 1/50 sec. ISO 800. Tripod mounted, natural lighting.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 10, 2013 at 12:57 PM

Excellent!! He even posed for you!
Beautiful flower, perfect colours, great BG, and tack-sharp.
Sandy

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Comment posted by John Tobias on August 10, 2013 at 8:51 PM

Good one Carolyn

Sandy's comments are right on. But, would you believe I just came in from photographing a mantis on some roses, then opened up NPN and saw your photo which is outstanding. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 10, 2013 at 8:52 PM

Outstanding, Carolyn. Everything about this is terrific. Great job of setting this up for the base, light, bg, pose, colors, etc., etc.

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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on August 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM

Wow, I didn't know you could work with mantises that way, Carolyn! You placed it in a perfect spot to shoot it. Beautiful image! One minor nit are the spiderweb/threads. I think they are easy to clone out of the image.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on August 11, 2013 at 11:32 AM

Outstanding comp and detail Carolyn. Beautiful work !

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on August 12, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Sounds like you had lots of fun with this guy. And what a superb image you got! Love the pose and colors, wonderful lines and dark background, making the flower and mantis really stand out.

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