Praying Mantis

salden · Post by **salden** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:46 pm

There are two of these hanging out together in my mums. The other one had his/her head hidden in the leaves.

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:58 pm

Now that is up close! And you can see the dark spot in the eye that has caused so much discussion lately.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:16 pm

Never found one on me "mum" before but I will check next time I see her.

That is one up close shot Sue.

salden · Post by **salden** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:34 pm

Thanks Ken and Mike. This is a crop (about 50%). I could have used my close-up macro filter, but the DOF is almost nil so I opted for the crop instead.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:49 am

Very nice mantis shot Sue. Good colour and it has a real sense of texture, you can imagine what the thorax would feel like to touch

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Interesting angle too.

Bruce

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:01 am

Very nice shot Sue.

Interesting angle - agree with Bruce, ... reminds me on shrimps.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:35 am

Mantises (manti?) are always beautiful and interesting to look at. An awesome angle on this one Sue.