I see Dandelions
by fencekicker

Comment by Balko:
Cropping the top would improve it :)

I see Dandelions
by fencekicker

Comment by TrollMan:
Nice cool colors - 7 from me

I see Dandelions
by fencekicker

Comment by Simpa:
Where?

Newly Hatched Mantis
by fencekicker

Comment by BlueZamia:
wonderful transparent mini monsters

Newly Hatched Mantis
by fencekicker

Comment by armsts:
Interesting.

Newly Hatched Mantis
by fencekicker

Comment by Marjo:
Interesting capture but I think it may have been better to focus on one or maybe three at most. The composition is pretty busy. I, personally, never like to see half(or parts) of anything left in an advanced editing challenge.
Advanced gives you the opportunity to polish or finish off your capture to perfection and the dpc voters demand it.

Newly Hatched Mantis
by fencekicker

Comment by pineapple:
Strangely enough, my daughter and I left an ootheca (mantid egg case, something like honeycomb material which holds many mantid young) on our sideboard and it hatched out overnight. Well, there were about a hundred mini-mantids wandering around the dining room when we woke up this morning.... and we spent much of the day rounding them up and transfering them to the garden. Nice photo, by the way.

Newly Hatched Mantis
by fencekicker

Comment by Kimberly75:
Yukky, Pull out the bug spray.

Newly Hatched Mantis
by fencekicker

Comment by scotthadl:
This needs some better light and some folage for them to walk on.

Newly Hatched Mantis
by fencekicker

Comment by jent:
photo lacks charcter. All the brown in the photo make it look dim, and unintresting. Maybe if you could have focused on just one or two insects it could give it more charcter/emotion.