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Life and death in the garden
Life and death in the garden
trevytrev


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-09 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: Sep 29, 2009
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2009

I really want to enter a pic of my daughter but i keep entering her pic so I figured I would change it up. I rarely see preying mantis' so I was stoked to come along this guy eating a moth that I had just taken a pic of moments earlier. This was not the only mantis that I saw chowing down but this was one of the better shot I felt. I'm hoping to get back into the 6's with this shot since i've been on a drought but who knows.

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Place: 231 out of 400
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Views since voting: 654
Views during voting: 242
Votes: 140
Comments: 3
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10/04/2009 08:16:40 PM
Great macro - superbly executed (no pun intended!)
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10/03/2009 04:44:06 AM
Although a shallow depth of field is needed to bring the subject out from the surroundings, I think your depth of field is a little too shallow here, due to the areas on the captured prey that are out of focus, which distravys from the overall effect
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10/01/2009 10:43:57 PM
Super cool !! Killer macro. I just love shots like this. 8
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