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Your World is MINE!!!!!
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Your World is MINE!!!!!

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted November 2, 201585 views9 comments
People are really posting some original stuff this time-this could be a great challenge. 

I took this a number of years ago with a smallish P+S, and the only file of it I could find had already been cropped and resized to 720 on the largest size, so I wouldn't bother looking at the larger image, though I did make a stab at upsizing it.  The blue in the bg is the finger of a rubberized garden glove.

Canon Powershot A80, 1/800 @ f/3.5, focal length was 7.81mm.  Original was taken at 2:16 pm on September 8, 2005 on my to-be-wife's back porch.

Thanks,

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on November 2, 2015 at 8:30 PM
This WC theme was created for this image, Dennis! Not sure an image could be more apt for a WC theme. I figured someone would post a mantis because they do look so alien, but this one is "out of this world." devil
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 2, 2015 at 9:59 PM
Hey Dennis, this is a fine look at the mantis and they definitely look alien.  I'm also really liking the planet in the background (even if you do say it's a glove...)
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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on November 3, 2015 at 10:18 PM
This turned out well.   An alien look with the blue planet and darkness of space in the background.devil
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Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on November 4, 2015 at 6:29 PM
This is excellent Dennis!  Fits perfectly.  Great job with the P&S too!
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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on November 6, 2015 at 10:15 AM
Love it! devil
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on November 6, 2015 at 5:49 PM
The mantis is an obvious choice for this WC, but I can't imagine a better backdrop to make an absolutely perfect alien effect.
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 7, 2015 at 10:41 PM
 Hi  Dennis.. crying Great  image and title.  the bg  adds to  this  excellent presentationdevil

Albert Darmo
Canada
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Comment posted by Angela Classen on November 14, 2015 at 12:56 PM
That is a great shot, Dennis! Mantis are definitely otherwordly, creepy little critters, perfect for the theme. More amazing is that your choice to shoot it on a blue garden glove, which with the shallow DOF, makes it look exactly like our blue planet, is genius!  (I know you didn't plan for this WC when you shot this, I'm just saying it's perfect for the theme!)  Congrats on the WP!devil
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Comment posted by John Tobias on November 14, 2015 at 8:53 PM
Congratulations on the EP.  Spooky for sure.
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