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

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

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!

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

Regards,

Remus

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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?

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

v.nice

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?

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.

michael kilner wrote:
v.nice

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

The second version looks great!

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.