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The Lunch :)
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Neuro Toxin (Neuro_Toxin)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-08-09 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Camera: Canon PowerShot SX100 IS |
| Exposure: f/3.2, 1/320 seconds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-09-11 9:29 |
| Viewed: 640 |
| Points: 3 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
I captured this shot from a small flower pot kept in our office premises . While walkin leisurely with my camera, I happened to see the mantis slowly moving towards the tip of the leaf blade on which it was sitting. Out of curiosity, I looked towards the tip of the leaf, enough to see a small beetle.Then I knew, it was the time to start my cam and wait :P . I set it to all manual, macro mode, and set the shutter speed to 400, so that I can catch the moment , of the mantis catchin the beetle.But alas!, even I could point my cam to the mantis, it captured the bug, all of a sudden and I missed the intented shot :(. Then I pointed the cam to the head of the mantis, from above, and took the shots. Luckily I got this shot where the mantis is shearing the beetle with its mouth. Surprisingly, even while being eaten alive, the beetle didnt move or writhe at all!! , It appeared to me as if its dead the moment mantis caught it ( not sure, though :D ).
The original image is cropped, brightened ,and sharpened using GIMP. Its shot on a bright sunny day,with apereture set to 3.2, shuttter (re)set to 320, and ISO 100.No Flash fired |
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