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Hiya', Baby!
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Challenge: 100 Meters (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: May 25, 2011
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2011

 I stopped counting baby Praying Mantises when I got to 70 ;-) They were all over one of the shrubberies at the edge of my yard that day. I've gone back to check and found fewer and fewer the past couple of days. Either they have travelled to other parts of the yard or not all of them are destined to make it to adulthood. Betting on the latter.

Had the 36mm and 20mm extension tubes on and used diffused fill flash.

PP - cropped, blurred background more, levels, white balance, increased saturation on red-orange and shifted it redder, burnt pupils slightly, increased contrast, resized, sharpened, added border.

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Nikon D700
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon
 06/03/2011 07:45:08 PM
Great capture and idea, but it needs to be sharper. I still love it, and I'm not voting.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/31/2011 11:06:34 AM
Too funny, he's looking right at you and didn't just run off. Nice shot
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 05/31/2011 02:49:25 AM
I love these critters, just wish he was a little sharper, nice comp though.
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