mantises Orchid Mantis

Goodness Gracious! I've never seen one of these before. It is a pleasure to view it.

Great staging all around. As is usual with a macro, I would have liked to see it a little sharper.

An excellent subject well captured. I like how the translucent nature of it's limbs shows with the back lighting.The sharpness seems fine to me, although it's difficult to say with the low resolution.

Thanks.  Yeah....there's nothing wrong with the sharpness.  I would never upload a pic here that wasn't sharp when it was supposed to be.  I think Hayward probably meant he wanted to see more dof.

I too have never seen one of these. I am not sure I would want to. I do have to say it is a rather photogenic creature. You have captured it rather well. The only thing that is missing for me is I have no idea how large (or small) this creature is. I do appreciate my comment has little to do with the photograph. It is good to learn.

Macro shots of bugs are not my cup of tea; but boy this is somthing different! 7/7 for me.

Regards,

Hadi

Rare creature,excellent image.I also have never seen one of these and this is a great way to discover.I like the details,the total attention to the camera,the great tones against that nice progessive background.Bravo!High notes for this one.

Salutations-Laurent

Thanks everyone.  David, she's about an inch and a third tall.  In nature they live in south Asian rain forests.  The pink mantises a few uploads back in this gallery are the same species, but younger.  Unfortunately, and from what I've seen, most of them lose their colors as they get older.  I do like that their eyes turn purple, though.  Yes, they are incredibly photogenic.  They seem to always just sit where I put them and pose for the camera.  I don't know why I haven't taken more pics of them.  The pink ones in this gallery are now already adults with wings and imo, no longer are pretty enough to take pics of.  They are males and are only about half an inch tall.  The one pictured here is a female and still has one more molt left to become an adult, when she will become bigger yet.  Maybe I can get a good shot of them mating in a few weeks, for the sake of a pic of an unusual looking couple.....the male being just a fraction of the size of the female.

An incredible creature!  Thanks for sharing.

In other words - great looking macro taken in studio!

Best regards Scott!

PDE

Now I finally understand from where all the fantasy movie producers get their ideas!

They must be frequent visitors of your site!

raffinata presentazione,complimenti.

saluti paul

Scott,

Very interesting subject! All around!

You really should take more shots of them it sounds like!

Very nice details and setting!

Regards always,

Jim j.

wow ..what a pose from this model. perfect portrait!