Praying Mantis

[Mark Nadler]

I was looking for birds and insects in an abandoned old stadium site complaining to myself that I had not seen many praying mantises this year, when poof, I came across a bunch of them hunting.  I like the perspective of this shot, so I'm posting it.  Comments welcomed.

Mark

[kers]

indeed like the image a lot; and the colours remind me of futuristic films where these kind of animals are the aliens...

[francois]

Composition is unusual and I like it a lot.
Bravo.

[Mark Nadler]

I decided to tweak this image. 

Mark

[Mark Nadler]

kers and francois, thanks for looking and commenting.

mark

[Bob_B]

The tweaked image is vastly superior to the original, as it separates the mantid from the background and provides depth. Nicely done, Mark.

[Mark Nadler]

Thanks, Bob.  Yeah, I agree about the second image.  I get easily seduced when developing images.  After looking at this one a second time I realized an alternative path of development.

mark

[Michael West]

I decided to tweak this image. 

Mark

I prefer this tonal range

[Mark Nadler]

kers, francois, and West, thanks for looking and commenting.

mark