Posted by paulski (Muncie, IN, United States) on 10 June 2008 in Animal & Insect.
while grilling last night, i noticed two baby preying mantis on one of our purple flower bushes; they were extremely tiny. today's shot is for a sense of scale; tomorrow and thursday we'll get a bit closer.
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Nice capture! Can't wait for the closeups!
10 Jun 2008 12:58am
Wow! Great Macro! lovely DoF! nicely done
10 Jun 2008 1:25am
Nice Macro! good luck
10 Jun 2008 1:58am
Your macro is so good! Such an interesting little creature and beautifully seen.
10 Jun 2008 7:53am
How can something that starts off so cute and tiny get to be something so ferocious, in a buggy kind of way? Great scale shot!
10 Jun 2008 9:24am
Nice shot. I always love macro shots that show the sense of scale :)
10 Jun 2008 9:38am
well done Paulski, I love that you photographed it within its environment, it's beautiful :)
10 Jun 2008 10:10am
excellent framing and dof
10 Jun 2008 10:24am
I'm not really into bugs, but I have to say, there is something about the preying mantis that I really like. They're elegant yet fierce. Looking forward to their closeups.
Great job on this...love the color, dof, and light. :)
10 Jun 2008 10:34am
great shot, well done
10 Jun 2008 12:32pm
cute shot! beautiful detail
10 Jun 2008 12:58pm
wow - great macro
10 Jun 2008 1:49pm
Cool greens, and a lovely insect shot, can't wait to see tomorrows!
10 Jun 2008 4:31pm
great shot... great color
10 Jun 2008 4:45pm
Wow, this is a great macro!
10 Jun 2008 5:10pm
Marvellous shot. I love how they look like sticks.
10 Jun 2008 5:34pm
I am so much afraid of these little creatures, they are like Dracula of insect world. Beautiful backside shot
11 Jun 2008 12:45pm
excellent composition here -- just perfect!
15 Jun 2008 10:58am
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