Night Stalker (updated)

Photography \ Nature | 01/11/08 @417 | Penraeth | critiques (14) | views (258)

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I was lucky to notice this guy late one night. Mantises are not particularly skittish, so I got some good shots. I ran into him the next day and will post a full sun shot in the future. The markings in the armpit are normal for a mantis.
(edit: I removed the over-saturation for a more natural look, though it's still "flash burned" see link below)

Nikon D200,
Nikkor 70-210 +1.5 magnifier
135mm focal length
iso 400
f/11

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blackshad

01/11/08 @505

the flash takes away some of the pictures quality and personnality, but its still a good capture.... great subject and nice composition

moserArtist

01/11/08 @518

Nice sharpness and saturated colors.
The black background is perfect.

Wish the antenna was all in.

Jafus

01/11/08 @551

Gr8 details & focus!!
Agree with moser about the antenna!!

androx3k

01/11/08 @609

Agree with Patrick too, and I have some doubt about some greenish saturation.
Anyway great capture!

RvascoF

01/11/08 @643

Agree with Moser about the antena, i like the colors and black background maybe a less strong flash would be great, well done...!!!

Chinchillla

01/11/08 @646

Wow. Shots like this make me appreciate nature a little more.

Great job!

Roadrunner

01/11/08 @703

Great sharpness. I dont mind the antennas, dont feel I am missing much there.

The flash is harsh and obvious. Need to control carefully the amount of light.

Madanapale

01/11/08 @710

Nice capture and details....I like the black background...but it looks a little artifitial,....maybe a slight variations of intensity would help.
Carlos

Daykan

01/11/08 @803

Great capture!! Nice work!

Penraeth

01/11/08 @842

Carlos

Interesting suggestion. I could easily add a background to this, though it would then be a photo manip. A star field would be most appropriate, seeing as it's a night shot.

I suppose I could also fill in the white areas to reduce the flashyness of it.

moserArtist

01/12/08 @363

@Penraeth: I don't think Carlos is suggesting a change of background but a more natural saturation. The colors are very intensive almosed pushed much due to the way you fire of the flash. This can be controlled using a bouncer and other settings for the camera+flash (depends on equipment of course).

Good luck!

purplerose

01/12/08 @701

Pretty nice.

Madanapale

01/12/08 @756

Sorry....by your sarcasm I suspect that I offended you....my apologies....
I won´t comment your pictures anymore.
Carlos

Penraeth

01/12/08 @906

No offense taken Carlos. I wasn't actually being sarcastic. As Patrick pointed out, I think I misunderstood what you meant. I thought you referred to the pure black background. The yellow is what I now think you were talking about and, indeed, it's over the top. I'm actually serious about putting a star field behind it. (maybe that's corny).

I've updated this without the heavy saturation. My hope was that I could compensate for the "flash burn" with color, but I really wasn't sure about it. Sorry for the subpar image. I just like mantises.

Patrick, you're right. I only have the built in flash and hate using it.

Thanks for the input everyone

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Night Stalker (updated)

Photography \ Nature | 01/11/08 @417 | Penraeth | critiques (14) | views (258)

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