This image is of a buff-throated wood creeper that caught an exotic and well-camouflaged bark mantis. This image is cross-posted here: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1767245 but there are additional images in that series there.
birdied wrote:
Our rescue , Chester, first outing on the beach. He loved it ! Nice to see a dog with a less than happy background learn to trust and be happy.
Photo taken at 11:16AM about 1 minute before the Kennedy Space Center Space X launch at 11:17 which I observed from my location.
Looking across a canal and reflection; I believe a swimming Pied Billed Grebe can be seen near the far side of the canal just in part of the reflection. Additionally a Common Gallinule caan be seen in the reflection to the left.
Full frame, tripod mounted A7r and Leica R 28mm f2.8 Elmarit V2 lens.
ISO 100, f8?, 1/250 second.
Exposure Corrected -0.18 Stops.
December 6, 2020
Along Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Apopka, FL.
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