Rhombodera basalis

GOLDENORFE

A couple of mantis shots from tonight, snow on off all day today,nothing in garden to shoot.
approx 16-18mm in length now.
got light all wrong in second shot :scratch ,never mind
hope you like them
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

#1 Yum! Yum!


#2


thanks for looking
phil

stevehapp

good action shots, phil.. yum..

cheers,
steve

Lord Vetinari

LOvely shots Phil,
Not sure why the light is wrong in #2 - rather like it
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Ugly blighter.

The mantis, I mean. Heheh.

Great views Phil.


Paul.

GOLDENORFE

thanks for comments,
Brian- you should have seen how bad the RAW files looked

phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Steelafan

Question
How close were you and what lens?

Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote:

thanks for comments,
Brian- you should have seen how bad the RAW files looked

phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Well you did a good rescue job

Brian V.

obecanobe

The first shot is tops Phil. Love the composition. I don't think I'd be beating myself up too much over the second one either, looks pretty good to me.

canon400d

obecanobe wrote:

The first shot is tops Phil. Love the composition. I don't think I'd be beating myself up too much over the second one either, looks pretty good to me.

Good shots Phil. I can't see anything wrong with number 2. If I had achieved that I would have been more than happy.
Regards
Bob

A.l.i

great shot phil

If I had achieved that I would have been more than happy

I'll say the same thing about my self:D