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Praying mantis

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 18, 2013133 views6 comments

This mantis was nice enough to pose for several shots, but when it caught a lady bug it did so behind leaves where I could not get a good photo. Still, interesting to actually see it's hunting skills.

Canon T3i
1/250 @ F-5.6 ISO 200
Canon EF-100mm macro 2.8 USM
HH

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on September 18, 2013 at 6:33 AM

I always like Mantis images ..and this one too... love the detail in the eye ...and as you said ..fantastic hunter..

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on September 18, 2013 at 12:10 PM

Wow, John. Your lens really gets you in close. Very good image with great detail on the head of this guy. Good job HH with such a shallow DOF.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on September 18, 2013 at 3:40 PM

very nice DOF. He really seems to be staring right at you! Sort of disconcerting.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on September 18, 2013 at 10:20 PM

Terrific praying mantis portrait, John. Love the expression.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on September 20, 2013 at 4:00 PM

Great portrait! ET?

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 22, 2013 at 1:22 PM

Nice close-up, John. I really like the detail, though a tad more dof to get the entire eyes in focus would have been nice.

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