Found this Preying Mantis sitting on top of this poor old "Happy plant" when I arrived home from work. Snapped him form our veranda hand held using the 200mm lens.
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Crop heavily.
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Dodge and burn
Select the eyes and darken the pupels
Clone at about 9% on top of the overexposed leaves.
Funny but the only part not sharp is the head. Maybe he was shakin? lol
Oops forgot neat image.
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Excellent composition. Great bokeh with loads of room for text or a title. The leaf on the right slightly distracting but I tip this for a top 10 finish.
Good luck 8 ;)
This is just amazing! It looks like it's posing for the shot!
It makes me imagine a tennis shoe add, for shock absortion, like for Mizuno or Nike!
LOVELY - 9.
Not giving it a 10 cz I think that that one only green leaf distracts a bit.
Nice catch, and a good background here. Maybe a little too much negative space for a stock photo, and a tighter crop/closer shot would give some more detail.
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