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Sunny day, blue skies and a mantis out for a stroll...






Jun 16, 2008 at 04:18 AM
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Good find!

The lighting is pretty harsh. Direct sun is tough. I usually carry a small collapsible diffuser (the circular kind that fold to 1/3 full size) for times like this.

Mike

Jun 16, 2008 at 04:21 AM
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Mike Scott wrote:
Good find!

The lighting is pretty harsh. Direct sun is tough. I usually carry a small collapsible diffuser (the circular kind that fold to 1/3 full size) for times like this.

Mike


Yup, direct sun for sure!

Jun 16, 2008 at 07:16 AM
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Very good capture! The light looks good to me but I think the colors are a bit oversaturated(?)

Regards,

Remus

Jun 16, 2008 at 11:28 AM
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Nice shot. Interesting colors - did you edit them, by any chance?

Jun 16, 2008 at 01:52 PM
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Igor Shuryak wrote:
Nice shot. Interesting colors - did you edit them, by any chance?


Thanks Remus and Igor. Here's the shot straight out of the camera.







Jun 16, 2008 at 05:59 PM
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Love the blue as a color complimentary background to the oranges in the mantis - great shot!

Jun 17, 2008 at 12:22 AM
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MichAg92 wrote:
Love the blue as a color complimentary background to the oranges in the mantis - great shot!


Thanks Amy! Your thoughtful and expressive comments are appreciated.

Jun 17, 2008 at 04:17 AM
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Lovely capture Henry- prefer the 2nd version.
Brian V.

Jun 17, 2008 at 06:34 AM
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LordV wrote:
Lovely capture Henry- prefer the 2nd version.
Brian V.



Jun 17, 2008 at 07:52 AM
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LordV wrote:
Lovely capture Henry- prefer the 2nd version.
Brian V.


Thanks Brian - the 2nd version is really the first version. I'm not great at pp.

Jun 17, 2008 at 07:53 AM
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its over saturated.2nd one is better

how did u get the blueskys and clouds like that in background..iv tryed to do this with my mantids but the sky aways comes out white?

Jun 17, 2008 at 08:25 AM
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Henry Hawk wrote:
Igor Shuryak wrote:
Nice shot. Interesting colors - did you edit them, by any chance?


Thanks Remus and Igor. Here's the shot straight out of the camera.



I think the original shot is better but itīs only about everyone taste.

Regards,

Remus

Jun 17, 2008 at 10:20 AM
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v.nice

Jun 17, 2008 at 03:03 PM
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M.junkie wrote:
its over saturated.2nd one is better

how did u get the blueskys and clouds like that in background..iv tryed to do this with my mantids but the sky aways comes out white?



Jun 17, 2008 at 11:19 PM
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Henry Hawk wrote:
M.junkie wrote:
its over saturated.2nd one is better

how did u get the blueskys and clouds like that in background..iv tryed to do this with my mantids but the sky aways comes out white?



Put something blue behind your mantis. Maybe it will look like a sky.

Jun 17, 2008 at 11:20 PM
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michael kilner wrote:
v.nice


Thanks Michael. Appreciate the comments, keeps me trying to do my best.

Jun 17, 2008 at 11:21 PM
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The second version looks great!

Jun 18, 2008 at 05:17 AM
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Dalantech wrote:
The second version looks great!


Maybe I should just give up on the pp altogether. Usually I work with photography on a laptop and the angle of the screen makes a difference. Thanks for your comment.


Jun 18, 2008 at 06:46 AM

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