Praying Mantis - Dreaming about fishes

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:00 am

The sky, ... clouds, ... distant isle silhouette on the horizon, ...sea, ... Foeniculum flower buds, ... praying mantis, ... What more you could ask for?

Camera model Olympus SP-320
Date/time 26.08.2006/14:37:15
Exposure time 1/500 s
F-number f/5.6
ISO 64
Focal length 8 mm

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:07 am

Nice image Nikola, beautiful back ground and great depth of field IMO.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:40 am

Wonderful picture Nikola...I agree with Ken, the praying mantis looks very 3D. The contrast shows him off very well. Good job

Carl_Constantine · Post by **Carl_Constantine** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:00 am

Great pic. He almost looks suspended in mid air. You have to look closely to see his feet are actually touching the plant ;-)

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:06 am

Lovely image, very sharp and what a fantastic blue sky! Croatia looks positively tropical!

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:00 pm

Thank you folks! I'm glade you like my mantis.

I got very special relationship with this lady.

She even walked on my camera!

Macro Beauty · Post by **Macro Beauty** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:57 pm

Simply wonderful! What perfection you capture! When I grow up, I want to be just like you!

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:57 pm

Macro Beauty wrote:Simply wonderful! What perfection you capture! When I grow up, I want to be just like you!

Ooooooo... Thanks MB!

I'm getting vain now.

Macro Beauty · Post by **Macro Beauty** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:43 am

No vanity, just well deserved praise. Big, fancy cameras don't take exceptional photos, people do. Searching for the beauty, then composing and capturing it to share with others, that is the talent that must be highly commended.

And just a joke about growing up to be just like you. I am almost 40, but I mean to take beautiful photos just like you (and the others on this website) when I gain more experience.

But I have quite a passion for this so I will keep working at it.

Hope you all have a really nice day!

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:15 pm

Macro Beauty wrote:... And just a joke about growing up to be just like you. I am almost 40, but I mean to take beautiful photos just like you (and the others on this website) when I gain more experience...

I've figured out it as a joke (followed by

) after second reading.

Thank you for kindness, Beauty! I'll be pleased to see yours future photographs.

And welcome aboard, this is a whole new world!

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:12 am

Macro Beauty wrote: Big, fancy cameras don't take exceptional photos, people do :

That is so true, snd i cant count the amount f times i have told people that when the first question they ask is "What camera did you use for that?"

If they ask me I tell me i used a cell phone and they go quiet then. Its just not a real camera to them!
Yet many still take photos with pinhole cameras and get accepted, what could be more basic?
(There are also pinhole digitals out there!)

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:29 pm

Agree. That's so true that I'm doubting to buy a new equipment.

But if someone, already, is making a money with photographs, it is wise to have the best or near the best equipment, if can. Strictly artistically speaking an equipment doesn't matter much. Could be an artist with a tools from the stone age.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:31 am

The best camera in the world is.................

the one that allows you to do what you want and is easy to use!