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praying mantis
Posted by Stefan (Thiersee, Austria) on 25 June 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
zOOm from Paris, France
Exceptionnal shot ! The blue hint conveys an axraterrestrial mood to your image. Well done. 5 stars for me.
25 Jun 2009 6:05am
Reiner from Germany
Die Perspektive ist gut gewählt und die Verarbeitung ist phantastisch. Tolle Arbeit.
25 Jun 2009 6:20am
Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom
wow!....what an amazing image with the mantis set against that beautiful landscape in the background. The blue tint certainly gives it a night time feeling.
25 Jun 2009 7:27am
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
We've got the same bug and tomorrow I've got one in the same color toning ... what a coincidence! Wonderful praying mantis and the composition is great with the view in the distance!
25 Jun 2009 11:35am
Elora from Genoa, Italy
What an amazing image, the mantis in front of this incredible background is absolutely breathtaking!
25 Jun 2009 12:18pm
Vachel from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
amazing shot with nice lighting and well composed...
25 Jun 2009 1:27pm
Leah Armstrong from Italy
WOW! I love it! These creatures amaze me and this is a great shot! I love the blue tones and light!
25 Jun 2009 2:09pm
Aaron from Orem, United States
Wow, very nice. Yikes, I think he's looking at me...
25 Jun 2009 3:28pm
Vinay from Bangalore, India
A great dramatic capture! The amount of vignetting is also too good... suits the photo perfectly.
25 Jun 2009 5:56pm
Loner from Wörgl, Austria
Hallo, Stefan ! Wo hast du denn diese Gottesanbeterin gefunden ? Du machst dann natürlich gleich ein dramatisches Bild daraus. Bist ein echter Künstler ! Gruß Sonja
25 Jun 2009 6:45pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Wow that is cool, has a very futuristic surreal feel to it. Nice one.
25 Jun 2009 7:23pm
Ti from Alpharetta, United States
Nice "Jurassic Park" feeling I got from it, like he's the last survivor on this planet...
25 Jun 2009 8:49pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Looks like you interrupted his prayers. Used to see these all the time when I was a kid....haven't seen a live one in years.
25 Jun 2009 9:51pm
Asadallah from Roudan, Iran
Hi
Beautiful shot, with lovely light and composition
Asad
25 Jun 2009 11:05pm
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
a faaabulous shot and composite! gorgeous processing!! bravo bravo!!!
26 Jun 2009 2:47am
Lila from Hawaii, United States
Wow! This is definitely the best photo I've seen all day!. Not only perfectly posed and captured mantis, but incredible background, lighting, and colors as well.
26 Jun 2009 3:33am
Mags from France
Wonderful one!
You did it so well, I love everything, compo, light, contrast, it's great!
26 Jun 2009 9:41am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Very impressive. He /she looks so powerful and regal in this.
26 Jun 2009 5:19pm
Dulcie from Danville, United States
A very original presentation...feels like outer space. Very impressive.
27 Jun 2009 1:06am
Scott Schilling from San Martin, United States
Incredible work and tones in this image!
27 Jun 2009 3:14am
frederique from Nancy, France
look unreal like this .... like somewhere on a far away planet ....................
good job
27 Jun 2009 9:11am
Craig from Vacaville, California, United States
Excellent! The background makes the image!!
27 Jun 2009 1:36pm
Leena from Joensuu, Finland
I agree Frederique - unreal feeling in this photo - a little creepy even I am a biologist :)
Well done!
27 Jun 2009 5:50pm
E.B from VOUZIERS, France
Vraiment c'est une superbe photographie et je crois que je n'ai encore rien vu de tel...
Toutes mes félicitations pour cette photo ainsi que votre portfolio !!!
RESPECT...;D
29 Jun 2009 6:31pm
Shahryar from Isfahan, Iran
Perfect .very very good shot and good angle and good light and good figure , ... perfect.
Thanks for sharing :)
29 Jun 2009 8:39pm
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
Back in the days of hippies and free love (of which I got none :-) I had a florescent poster of one of these creatures that was just beautiful under black light. This is a great photo.
30 Jun 2009 12:26am
Grahame from Mt Maunganui, New Zealand
One of my favourite critters.
Love the shades of blue.
Neat image.
6 Jul 2009 12:31am
luwi from Innsbruck, Austria
wenn ich nicht wüste wie große dieses tier in wirklichkeit ist, würde ich jetzt angst bekommen. großarftiges bild, der blauton und die unschärfe des hintergrundes überzeugen mich.
9 Jul 2009 5:12am
Irene from Les Coteaux, France
Very impressive ! Your portfolio is really marvellous.
28 Jul 2009 4:34pm
