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Large Brown Mantid Close-Up
My younger brother found this amazing praying mantis - measured at least 11cm no including the reach it could get out of it's front legs (I guess it's not called a Large Brown mantid for nothing!). Shot in studio the background was not made in PS but a result of the background I chose for dramatic effect. Yes a focus bracket would have been nice, but this thing was live and moving!
 * Support Self Nom. --Fir0002 11:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Guesome but amazing, especially the eye.  Two questions though, is the white mark in the eye a reflection from a  flash/lighting?  Second, is the v-shaped hair between the attenae part of the animal or something on the lens? Pstuart84 Talk 13:08, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm almost certain that it is a hair - odd isn't it? --Fir0002 22:59, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry Fir, are you saying it's the animal's hair or that it was a human hair (dust) on the lens? Pstuart84 Talk 23:12, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I think Fir was playing with it and that the hair is his. Or maybe the Mantid lives in fir's hair. :-D --Arad 23:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Umm, no that is just sick. The hair is almost certainly from the mantid since it is evident in all other photos of the mantid I took, and that if it were on the lens it would appear as a very OOF line --Fir0002 01:40, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That was a joke. No offence. lol. If you find playing with this insects sick, then how do take all these good close up pics from them? I can't stand many of them, but you take studio picture of them. Good job on that. --Arad 01:46, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The "V" is almost certainly a piece of non-mantid dust. Insect bristles grow from bilaterally symmetrical base points, and this one has no counterpart on the right side.Debivort 07:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * support alt 1 I'm pretty sure the V-thing is a hair. So here is an edit with it cloned out. Fir - would you please please resume indicating what articles are being illustrated by the photos? Also, how did you get that nice dark gradient background? Debivort 19:12, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I used a white piece of paper flat on the surface, and got my sister to hold up a black paper a little above the surface of the white paper. Since this is way OOF due to the extreme macro, it makes a pleasing gradient. --Fir0002 22:59, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, nice trick. Debivort 07:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong Support alt1 in my opinion this is an excellent image which really stands out. I especially like the gradient on the background. --New t on2 12:49, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support eitherOh eww. Excellent picture though- I'll support whichever one according to whether the black 'hair' belongs to the mantis or not :) Ishaana 21:42, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support either Per Ishaana, whichever one is accurate.--HereToHelp 01:25, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support either Interesting. 8thstar 02:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support either it looks good to me -- Ch ild zy ( Talk 22:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support alt1 Yet another great shot from Fir. Pedro | Chat  13:59, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support either - nice shot. -- Avenue 12:14, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - They've landed. I can just imagine this being a POTD - well done, Fir0002. M rug  2  21:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support amazing, excellent job! --Ouro (blah blah) 07:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support What a looker. I like how the background fades to grey on the out of focus part. Interesting subject, and slick presentation. bobanny 02:20, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong support alt1 As an Entomologist, I have to support this one... :) But on a more serious note, They're both great pictures that capture the life and quasi-intelligence of one of the most interesting orders of insects. Great pics! --Entoaggie09 06:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

--KFP (talk | contribs) 09:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)