Fragile Mantis Moulted

macrobugger

Mantis Nymph just moulted, when they moult they are so fragile and look like glass, to the naked eye you can nearly see straight through them. So with this pic I have tried my best to capture that exact look, im not sure I have as I honestly find it very hard to get correct.

Shooting data for this is Nikon d200 + Sigma 150mm Macro F11 iso 100 1/250th and a studio strobe in a softbox at 1/8th power, manual focus / metering and fired with cable release and mirror up.

Thanks for looking.

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful shot - bugs have such lovely colour when they have just moulted.
Brian V.

matasa

Great shot

TristanP

Excellent - what was your background?

GOLDENORFE

wonderfull shot, i presume you are breeding these at home.
i used to keep tropical moths, cant wait for summer to start ,already making a list of colourfull moth catterpillers to get.

macrobugger

Thanks for the comments folks, Yes I am just starting to breed these so not sure what to expect. As for the background it was an abstract print that was just handy to grab at the time, didnt have time to set up a natural looking one, which is a pitty really but maybe next time.
Cheers