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PRAYING MANTIS.

Hello All,

This is my friend Errol the 5 legged Praying Mantis. I found him injured in my underground carpark where I live, I captured him for tonights Photo shoot.

Put him in a White bowl, got my Nikkor 105 Micro out, Sb 800 in Remote Mode, F: 16 , 60th Sec.

Very hard to Focus on his little eyes, tomorrow night I'll try and get in closer while I have him imprisoned working for me as a low paid model.

Any hints on how I can get him a bit more Crisp ?

Thanks, Mic. ( Mantis Imprisoner )

Errol with a Curve & Levels adjusted.

Bit more Punch I think ?

Mic.

too dark on my monitor compared to the original.

The original is simply great. nice work.

mic wrote:PRAYING MANTIS.

This is my friend Errol the 5 legged Praying Mantis. I found him injured in my underground carpark where I live, I captured him for tonights Photo shoot.

animal cruelty.......

Any hints on how I can get him a bit more Crisp ?

umm, deep fry in egg batter?

As it is, the head area looks very sharp on my monitor. The image looks fine to me, the way it is, except for the circles in the bowl.

The closer you get, the more difficult the focus and more shallow the DOF. Isolating the head as much as possible, will reduce the OOF areas of the body and give your image a higher perception of overall sharpness.

The levels were much better on the first one (maybe try increasing the saturation a touch? .. or what about a black and white "infared look"). And the rings on the bowl are annoying. Maybe try a softer reflective surface like a styrofoam cup? Sharpness looks ok for me too, i find with macro that is moving getting razor sharp images takes a bit of luck.

My attempts at adjusting the levels (and a b&w quickie)

invert him mic you will get a better result and let the poor bugger go. i suppose you will keep him imprisoned and dress him up in fish nets or something more devious.

Thanks yraen69, Yeah, it's a little too dark.

Now Kerry, settle pettle I have only got him locked up for one more night and I am feeding him water & leaves. He seems happy to be my Model ( So he said to me anyway ) ( I speak Mantis, didn't I tell you )

I got another Photo shoot with him tonight, I thought in my shower, nice and white with a bit more room to move ( Stay tuned for more Errol )

Thanks for the Tips

Thanks idioms, Good tips, I like the colour better.

jethro, jethro, jethro : I like my Mantis in the RAW

I'll invert you one day

Thanks all, stay tuned for more Errol and other Bugs. I'm turning my Shower Base into a mini Macro Studio My wife is so stoked

She named Errol by the way.

Mic.

I like the first pic the best, Mic. His eyes just stare at you !

Nice colours, and a cute little bugger! Shame about his missing leg. Do you pay amputees well for modelling work?? Would like to see him in 5 heels and a bit of lippy tonight perhaps?

Great find, though! I should've photographed the scorpion I saw last year, but decided it was better to squash it......(since it was in the bedroom)

So do you like the lens??
I just ordered one!

mic wrote:I got another Photo shoot with him tonight, I thought in my shower, nice and white with a bit more room to move ( Stay tuned for more Errol )

stormygirl wrote:Would like to see him in 5 heels and a bit of lippy tonight perhaps? Wink Wink Wink

This is all getting a bit weird. Mic, you don't call your house "Neverland" do you?

Thanks Stormy, Ha ha Think the MUA will be onto me if I try the Lippy on him Thats the Mantis Union Association

Stay tuned for some Different Errol shots ( Maybe I can get Jethro to PS Marcus's face onto Errols body with high heels ) Hmmmmmm

A scorpion in your bedroom ( Yeeeeeeekkkkss )

MHD, Yes, but it takes a bit of getting used to. Still learning a lot about it.

Boxerboy, hmmmmm does seem a little Never never landish does't it ( Hope my nose doesn't fall off tonight in the shower with Errol )
And Bubbles the chimp doesn't knock at my front door

Thanks all.

Mic. Jackson

Mic - nice pic - buy an angle finder for low close focussing

Thanks Chris, might have to look into that. Oops sorry ( get it ,look into that )

How much are those things roughly ?

Cheers,

Mic.

mic wrote:Thanks Chris, might have to look into that. Oops sorry ( get it ,look into that )

Mic,

Not if you get poked in the eye after another pun like that!

Cheers
Peter

Sorry I couldn't resist

No more Puns, Mun ( what about Rhymes ) He He

250 mark I mean Mic

bit of surgery ready for tonights action

Jethroooooooooooooooooooooo,

You are, what can I say, I can't say anything.

I'm Speechless

Now everybody thinks I'm a sick Mantas Stalker Kinky Photographer

Mic.

I love it! Nothing 'stuffy' about this forum!

Maybe we could take up a collection to buy Errol some micro crutches.

That is an absolute classic Jethro!

Yeah, He he he Ha Ha Poor Little Errol