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p.1 #1 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

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

Jun 15, 2008 at 11:18 PM

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p.1 #2 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

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 15, 2008 at 11:21 PM

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p.1 #3 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

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 02:16 AM

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p.1 #4 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

Very good capture! The light looks good to me but I think the colors are a bit oversaturated(?)

Regards,

Remus

Jun 16, 2008 at 06:28 AM

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p.1 #5 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

Nice shot. Interesting colors - did you edit them, by any chance?

Jun 16, 2008 at 08:52 AM

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p.1 #6 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

Love the blue as a color complimentary background to the oranges in the mantis - great shot!

Jun 16, 2008 at 07:22 PM

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p.1 #7 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

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 16, 2008 at 11:17 PM

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p.1 #8 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

Lovely capture Henry- prefer the 2nd version.
Brian V.

Jun 17, 2008 at 01:34 AM

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p.1 #9 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

LordV wrote:
Lovely capture Henry- prefer the 2nd version.
Brian V.

Jun 17, 2008 at 02:52 AM

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p.1 #10 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

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 02:53 AM

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p.1 #11 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

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?

Edited on Jun 17, 2008 at 03:25 AM

Jun 17, 2008 at 03:25 AM

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p.1 #12 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

Henry Hawk wrote:
Thanks Remus and Igor. Here's the shot straight out of the camera.

I think the original shot is better but it�s only about everyone taste.

Regards,

Remus

Edited on Jun 17, 2008 at 05:21 AM

Jun 17, 2008 at 05:20 AM

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p.1 #13 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

v.nice

Jun 17, 2008 at 10:03 AM

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p.1 #14 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

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 06:19 PM

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p.1 #15 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

Henry Hawk wrote:

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

Jun 17, 2008 at 06:20 PM

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p.1 #16 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

michael kilner wrote:
v.nice

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

Jun 17, 2008 at 06:21 PM

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p.1 #17 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

The second version looks great!

Jun 18, 2008 at 12:17 AM

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p.1 #18 · Blue Skies and a Mantis

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 01:46 AM


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