Praying Mantis

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• Alex99 (15477)
• [2006-10-21 8:26]

Hi Valerie.
Next your perfect macro shot. You have managed to capture a very important moment in the life of this insect. All details are shown excellently. Superb illustration of the insect behavior. Excellent POV and DOF. Exact lighting and exposure. TFS and my best wishes.
Alexei.

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• Emile (0)
• [2006-10-21 8:58]

Bonjour Valérie,
Belle photo d'un insecte spectaculaire que l'on ne voit pas souvent dans cette position. Les couleurs sont remarquables, tout comme la profondeur de champ. Merci pour le partage.

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• RAP (7405)
• [2006-10-21 9:00]
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One of the most attractive insects for me Valerie... and here you present it with good POV.

I like it a lot: composition, POV, DOF, sharpness, focus, color, framing, lighting, notes.

I like it: background.

I don't like it: the lack of the values of the image.

Interesting post and notes... don't forget to include the values please.
Best regards... Ricardo

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• fartash (10285)
• [2006-10-21 9:26]

Hello Valerie
Very nice shot of praying mantis,
Perfect focusing and great composition,
Excellent

Regards
Fartash

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• horia (13143)
• [2006-10-21 9:26]

Hello Valerie

Splendid portrati of this very beautiful praying mantis!
The POV is excellent and the DOF is impecable, with all of the subject in full focus.
Very good lighting and sharp details, too.
Also i really like the way the colors of the mantis look next to those of that old wood...it's absolutely great!
All-in-all a very beautiful composition!

Bravo, TFS and have a great weekend!
Horia

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• marmottelolo (14481)
• [2006-10-21 9:34]

bonjour valerie
c'est la deuxieme photo de mante et je trouve qu'elle est magnifique aussi,je pense que lorsque l'on tombe sur une espece comme celle-ci on la mitraille pour etre sûr d'avoir plein de beau cliché.merci et bravo.
laurent

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• jcoowanitwong (11467)
• [2006-10-21 11:31]

Hi Valerie.
Sharp and crisp clear picture. This is the moment to capture. I have never seen such pose before. Very well done and TFS.
JC

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• ramthakur (26185)
• [2006-10-21 11:54]

Hi Valerie!
An endearing shot of this Mantis cleaning herself in front of your camera.
The image is just perfect by way of perspective, natural colours and vivid details.
Thanks and bye.
Ram

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• jmp (8406)
• [2006-10-21 12:03]

Hola Valerie,
Bella composición diagonal perfectamente equilibrada. Colores exquisitos, fondo borroso a juego, magnífica pose, el mejor punto de vista y una nitidez total en todo el insecto completan una bella postal, que bien valdría para un sello de correos.

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• red45 (26975)
• [2006-10-21 15:57]

Hello Valerie!

Ok, so you're scary by spiders, right? I'm scary by mantises :-) Great capture, excellent pose, but subject...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ;-)))

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-10-21 17:37]

Hello Valerie,
Great close up.He is posing you and looking into your camera.POV,colors,sharpness,details,DOF and composition are excellet.
TFS...:-)

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• thor68 (4677)
• [2006-10-22 14:30]

nice to see the whole mantis, valerie! :-)
it looks pretty big and fat. terrific pose with it cleaning its leg.
good focus and nice colors, could be a tiny bit brighter maybe.
lucky you, to find such a great insect on your lawn.
well done & take care, thorsten.

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• jeanpaul (13851)
• [2006-10-23 9:06]

Bonjour Valerie
Félicitation pour cette très jolie prise de vue en macro. C'est vraiment un bel insecte cette mnte religieuse avec ses couleurs de camofflages ,les couleurs sont justes.
Félicitations pour la netteté et les détails.

Merci pour l'envoie et Bravo....JP

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-10-23 9:13]

Bonjour Valeri,
this is an excellent close up. Great POV and very nice BG to show of this interesting insect so well. Sharpness, colors and details are very nice.
Sky

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• lemoineth (2284)
• [2006-10-23 13:35]

Photo bien net,sujet interressant. Thomas

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• pablominto (15576)
• [2006-10-26 1:47]

Hello Valerie,
A strong close-up with fine details!
Good point of view, and it looks like the little guy actually is turning his head to take a look at you...
DOF spot on, great natural colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• claudine (10195)
• [2006-11-03 9:07]

Salut Valérie,
Moi je trouve les détails très bons et tu as sû capter une super attitude de cette mante. Je te trouve bien chanceuse de pouvoir ne obsver ainsi. Ici au Québec, il m'est arrivé d'en voir seulement une fois et c'était sur un pneu de ma voiture en revenant d'une marche dans la montagne :) Bien fait avec de bonnes notes. Merci.
Claudine

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• izler (8590)
• [2006-11-18 11:12]

hello Valerie
well close-up photo and nice exposure. composition, POV, blured BG, DOF, colours, focus, sharpness, details, plain frame and note are great
TFS
regards
izler

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• peter_stoeckl (9379)
• [2006-11-19 5:23]

Hello Valerie,
this pretty and unusual image, observing this lady mantis busily keeping her toes in good order, is concentrated on behaviour rather than on appearance. That makes your story-telling picture special and unique. In soft colours it shows and shares the deep sympathies you feel for this creature.
With thanks, and best regards,
Peter