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Mantis praying in the garden
Mantis praying in the garden
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fauna II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D
Location: France - Gray
Date: Oct 3, 2007
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 6, 2007

 Shot taken in the garden. This praying mantis was well hidden in some flowers i was about to shot using the 105mm macro lens a friend just lend to me.

- converted from raw using ufraw gimp plugin.
- crop
- sharpen
- resize to fit rules
- saved as jpeg

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 230
Avg (all users): 6.5652
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.0323
Avg (non-participants): 6.7931
Views since voting: 1796
Views during voting: 284
Votes: 207
Comments: 8
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
 10/16/2007 10:32:13 PM
of the serval mantis entries - this is by far my fav.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 10/14/2007 06:15:22 PM
Great macro!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/14/2007 01:20:12 AM
nice focus and dof
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 10/10/2007 11:40:31 PM
Wow, this is wonderful. I'm marking it a favorite.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K10D
Pentax SMC- DA * 50-135mm F2.8 ED (IF) SDM
 10/10/2007 02:19:19 PM
Nice shot of this praying mantis, I love the clarity in the eyes, and I love the bokeh(dof) here. This isn't the most interesting subject to me personally, and my top votes are going to shots of animals that seem to be doing something, but overall this is a great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
 10/10/2007 05:08:18 AM
wow..brilliant picture well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 10/10/2007 02:35:35 AM
insect
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/10/2007 12:10:49 AM
great clear focus on the mantis as well as the webbing with the specs caught in it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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