Praying Mantis

douglas

Went out again today, couldnt get nothing to sit still. Chased a monarch butterfly across a stream and back 4 or 5 times, finally gave up. Decided to stop one more place and try, had better luck. Both shots hand held at F13, I like how they turned out better than yesterday at f22 from a tripod, thanks Brian!

Awais Yaqub

wonderful macro ! very nice

Art Scott

Really like the first one .....but do they ever open theirs eyes all the way......

douglas

Awais Yaqub wrote:

wonderful macro ! very nice

Thank you Awais!

douglas

Art Scott wrote:

Really like the first one .....but do they ever open theirs eyes all the way......

Thank you Art. Good point about thier eyes!

Skippy

douglas wrote:

Went out again today, couldnt get nothing to sit still. Chased a monarch butterfly across a stream and back 4 or 5 times, finally gave up. Decided to stop one more place and try, had better luck. Both shots hand held at F13, I like how they turned out better than yesterday at f22 from a tripod, thanks Brian!

Wow Doug, your Mantis looks a bit annoyed hehehe
It's kinda like fishing when your looking for bugs, it's the thrill of the chase or the sneaking up on them, that in itself is quite a game and so time consuming.

Yep Brian's tips can really put a smile on your dial when you put them into action that's for sure.

Great post Doug............ Skippy (Australia)

douglas

Skippy wrote:

Wow Doug, your Mantis looks a bit annoyed hehehe
It's kinda like fishing when your looking for bugs, it's the thrill of the chase or the sneaking up on them, that in itself is quite a game and so time consuming.

Yep Brian's tips can really put a smile on your dial when you put them into action that's for sure.

Great post Doug............ Skippy (Australia)

Thank you Skippy, It was alot of fun!