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#294: First day of a life long ritual

My daily ritual for the last few days has been to manage the birth of about 600 praying mantises. On day one of this little guy’s life, his daily ritual started by going after little bugs and critters that devour my wife’s garden. Many use pesticides to combat what nature can provide. Go Green!



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May 08, 2008 at 09:07 PM
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p.1 #2 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


Hey Tom,
Wow, what a great shot. I love it. The only suggestion I might make is to crop it in a bit tighter. My eye goes first to the blurred flower on the right, instead of toward the focal point. Just an opinion.


Great work.




May 08, 2008 at 09:37 PM
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p.1 #3 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


LOVE this shot!!! It's gorgeous. What a ritual! I do agree about cropping more off the right.


May 09, 2008 at 11:39 AM
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p.1 #4 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


I like this shot. I can understand it as well, I randomly found a baby praying mantis in my friends house among his poker chips. I had never seen one, so frail and beautiful!


May 09, 2008 at 09:24 PM
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p.1 #5 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


spirit wrote:
Hey Tom,
Wow, what a great shot. I love it. The only suggestion I might make is to crop it in a bit tighter. My eye goes first to the blurred flower on the right, instead of toward the focal point. Just an opinion.

Great work.



Thank you for your comments and suggestion. I cropped off the area that made your eye look at the blurred flower on the right. Hope you like it better.
Thank you,
Tom



May 10, 2008 at 08:27 PM
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p.1 #6 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


Beverly Guhl wrote:
LOVE this shot!!! It's gorgeous. What a ritual! I do agree about cropping more off the right.


Thank you for commenting and the nice complements on my shot. I did crop it as suggested and I find it to be much better.
Thank you,
Tom



May 10, 2008 at 08:29 PM
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p.1 #7 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


timbudtwo wrote:
I like this shot. I can understand it as well, I randomly found a baby praying mantis in my friends house among his poker chips. I had never seen one, so frail and beautiful!


Thank you and yes they are very frail and amazing to observe as they grow.
Regards,
Tom



May 10, 2008 at 08:31 PM
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p.1 #8 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


The color just radiates doesn't it! That little arc of light in his antenna is a really neat accent. Well done!


May 10, 2008 at 11:52 PM
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p.1 #9 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


Tamara Lambert wrote:
The color just radiates doesn't it! That little arc of light in his antenna is a really neat accent. Well done!

Tamara,
Thank you for your kind comments.
Tom



May 11, 2008 at 08:33 PM
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p.1 #10 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


Great capture, Tom! Those little buggers are worth their weight in gold in a garden.--Frank


May 12, 2008 at 08:19 AM
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p.1 #11 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


Frank,
Thanks for your comments and you are correct they just keep eating bug after bug.
Tom




May 12, 2008 at 06:54 PM
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p.1 #12 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


Hi Tom,

Great macro of this very interesting bug. Good luck this week.

Steve S.



May 13, 2008 at 07:58 PM
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p.1 #13 · #294: First day of a life long ritual


Beautiful shot! The cropped version is improved.
good luck.



May 14, 2008 at 06:01 PM





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