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The Mantis
The Mantis
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Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax
Location: Oya, on a backroad
Date: Nov 1, 2008
Aperture: f14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2008

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Comments: 6
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 I rode the bicycle to pottery class one day, and on the way home I saw this mantis preying on a grasshopper that was also on the road. I doubt that she would have had much success, being so out in the open ... but then, I was too much of a disturbance.

Pretty basic editing. Cropped, levels, sharpened.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
12/06/2008 10:46:16 PM
Such an otherworldly creature, the mantis, it looks like you indeed interrupted him(her?). Nice placement of focus.
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Olympus E-10
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
12/06/2008 12:55:56 AM
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
12/04/2008 11:43:48 AM
Good textures, I like how he blends in to his environment.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
11/30/2008 09:35:26 PM
He looks rather aristocratic, in a bug-gy sort of way. Nice detail and DOF. I especially like the pattern made by his shadow.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
11/30/2008 07:37:06 PM
Great focus on the head. He looks like you suprised him.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
11/30/2008 12:38:18 PM
Mantis's (or would the plural be "Manti"?) are one of the coolest looking bugs. I love these things.
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